Scones

Name: Scones
Yield: Makes 12
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 50 g (2 oz) butter, cut into small pieces; 2 tsp baking powder; strawberry or other jam (preferably homemade); 225 g (8 oz) plain flour, plus extra to dust; 1 tsp sugar; pinch of salt; about 150 ml (¼ pint) milk; clotted cream

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2005

About

Served with clotted cream and strawberry jam, scones are at the heart of a West Country cream tea. They are always best eaten on the day they are made, though they can be frozen and warmed through.

Ingredients

225 g (8 oz) plain flour, plus extra to dust
2 tsp baking powder

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C (fan oven 200°C), gas mark 7. Sift the flour and baking powder together into a mixing bowl, then rub in the butter until the mixture has the texture of breadcrumbs. Stir in the salt and sugar, then slowly mix in just enou