Buttermilk Scones

Name: Buttermilk Scones
Ingredients: 225 g (8 oz) plain flour; 1 level teaspoon baking powder; a pinch of salt; 25 g (1 oz) butter or margarine; 25 g (1 oz) butter or margarine; ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 150 ml (¼ pint) buttermilk

Preparation info

Makes about
12
scones

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Paupers Cookbook

By Jocasta Innes

Published 2014

About

These scones are quick and easy to make and should preferably be eaten warm from the oven.

Ingredients

225 g (8 oz) plain flour
1 level teaspoon baking powder

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Rub in the butter or margarine as for shortcrust pastry till the mixture forms fine crumbs. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the buttermilk and stir into the dry ingredients, till you have a soft, elastic white dough. Knead lightly till the dough is smooth and the sides of the bowl clean. Roll the dough out on a floured board, about 2 cm (¾ in) th