Hot Cross Scones

Name: Hot Cross Scones
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: zest of ½–1 lemon; 110 g icing sugar; 1 tablespoon (approx.) freshly squeezed lemon juice; 40 g caster sugar; 3 rounded teaspoons baking powder; 450 g plain flour; ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; pinch of salt; 2 teaspoons mixed spice; 1 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon; 50 g currants; 50 g candied peel (shop-bought), diced; 175 g butter, cut into cubes and chilled; 75 g sultanas; egg wash; Demerara sugar, for the tops of the scones; 2 medium eggs; 200–225 ml full-fat milk

Preparation info

Makes
9–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

I’ve taken a bit of liberty here – hot cross buns are normally made with a yeast dough, but this scone version gets rave reviews.

Ingredients

450 g plain flour
40 g caster sugar
3 r

Europe
Ireland
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Preheat the oven to 250°C/480°F/gas mark 9.

Put the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Rub in the cold butter cubes until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add the fruit and candied peel and mix well to distribute evenly.

Make a well in the centre of the dry ingre