Alison Niven

Scones

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6–7

    scones
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Gloagburn: Recipes from a Scottish Farm
Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

  • About

Everyone loves a scone! It would be a very big number if we added up how many we have made over the years. We always have plain, fruit and cheese scones on the menu, along with a special like apple and cranberry, or coconut and cherry Bakewell, but fruit scones are our number-one seller.

Ingredients

  • 225 g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 25 g<

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6. Line two trays with greaseproof paper.
  2. In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix the flour, baking powder and sugar with the butter until it resembles breadcrumbs.
  3. Beat one of the eggs in