Name: Mummy’s Sweet White Scones
Yield: Makes 18–20 scones using a 7.5 cm cutter
Cuisine: Ireland
Ingredients: 170 g butter; 15 g baking powder; granulated sugar for sprinkling on top of the scones; egg wash; pinch of salt; 450 ml milk to mix; 3 eggs, preferably free-range; 900 g flour; 55 g caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes
18–20
scones using a 7.5 cm cutter

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Darina Allen's Simply Delicious Suppers

By Darina Allen

Published 2001

About

This recipe has taken Ireland by storm. I have had grateful letters from all over the country from people who felt they could never make good scones before but have had success with this recipe – thanks, Mum!

Ingredients

900 g flour
55 g caster sugar
15 g

Method

First preheat the oven to 250°C/475°F/Gas 9.

Sieve all the dry ingredients together. Rub in the butter. Make a well in the centre. Whisk the eggs with the milk, add to the dry ingredients and mix to a soft dough. Turn out on to a floured board. Knead lightly, just enough to sha

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