Pallavi's Scones

My daughter is the baker in the house.  She bakes things like scones, apple pie, cookies, brownies, cakes and so on.  I am personally not a fan of baking since it is an exacting science but she loves it.  Of course the whole family enjoys her treats when they come freshly baked out of the oven.  The two things I cannot resist are her scones and her apple pie.

You can find the apple pie recipe here: https://kitchenanugraha.blogspot.com/2020/05/apple-pie.html

Today we look at how she makes her fail proof scones. 

Ingredients:

100 grams unsalted butter, chilled and cut in cubes

3 cups self raising flour

1 to 11/4 cups milk

Method:

Step 1 :  Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees Celsius (do not use fan)

Step 2:  Sift flour into a large mixing bowl

Step 3: Mix in the cubed butter pieces with fingers. The mixture should resemble breadcrumbs.

Step 4: Make a well in the centre of the mixing bowl. Pour 1 cup of milk into the well and mix using a flat spatula or mixing knife.  Add 1/4 more milk if required.  The mixture should resemble dough.

Step 5: Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface. Knead it slightly - Note: too much kneading results in tough scones

Pat out the dough to a 2 cm thickness. Cut the dough using a 5 cm cookie cutter.

Step 6: Line up the cut out dough on a lightly floured baking tray.  The dough cut outs are to be 1 cm apart.

Step 7: Bake for 20 minutes or until the top of the scones are just starting to go brown.

Serve warm with jam and cream.  To use your scones the next day, microwave them for 10 seconds each and then serve warm with jam and cream.