Scones

Ingredients

• 450g self-raising flour
• 2 rounded tsp baking powder
• 75g butter, room temperature
• 50g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• Approximately 225ml milk

Instructions

1. Lightly grease 2 baking trays and pre-heat oven to 220°C
2. Add baking powder to flour, then rub butter into flour until it resembles a fine crumb. Mix in the sugar.
3. Beat eggs, then add milk up to 300ml; keep 2 Tbsp aside for glazing
4. Gradually add egg/milk mixture to flour mixture until a soft, sticky dough is formed (you might not need all of the egg/milk mixture). Dough is better on the wet side.
5. Put dough on a lightly floured surface, flatten to 1-2cm thickness (with hands or rolling pin). Use desired fluted cutter (5cm = small, 9cm = big) and cut straight down into dough, put scone on baking tray. Repeat until dough is finished
6. Brush tops of scones with egg/milk mixture, and bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden. Cool on rack, covered with tea towel to retain moisture.

Makes n scones.

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