Sunday Scones
Ingredients
2 cups self - rising flour
5 tablespoons sugar
5 tablespoons butter, softened
Pinch of salt
1 tablespoon orange zest
Handful of raisins
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
Preparation
1
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. and butter your muffin tin.
2
In large bowl, whisk together flour and sugar. Add the softened butter, zest and raisins until a fine crumb mixture forms.
3
In a cup whisk milk and egg together. Set aside about 2 tablespoons of milk mixture for brushing the scones afterwards.
4
Add the milk and egg mixture and stir with a fork until a wet sticky dough forms. Transfer to a well floured surface punch out about 8 circles and transfer to the muffin tin. Brush each scone with reserved milk and egg mixture.
5
Bake the scones for about 15 minutes or until golden.
6
Serve warm with jam and butter.
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Added:
Sunday, February 23, 2014 - 2:44pm
