Christ on a bike it's absolutely lashing here today, perfect day for tae and scones. Nice little scone recipe here .. notable for the speed it can be thrown together!Preheat oven to 220C/430F
Sieve 16oz self-raising flour with 2 heaped teaspoons baking powder into a large bowl.
Take 3oz butter from the fridge and rub in til something resembling breadcrumbs results.
Add 3 tablespoons of brown sugar and a pinch of salt.
Pour in 10oz of milk and barely mix together. Turn out on a counter and flatten into a round about an inch high.
Make scones with cookie cutter or a drinking glass or whatever you have lying around. Brush the tops with milk and stick them in the pre-heated oven until done.
The recipe my sister gave me was half this amount and would make 9 small scones for her. It only made six for me however so I doubled the recipe to make a dozen larger scones. Also, because her scones were smaller, they only needed 8 mins in the oven .. my scones needed about 13 mins before they were done so just bear all that in mind people!
These are very tasty crumbly scones although I did accidentally use baking soda instead of baking powder so might try and make them with the right ingredients next time .. right I'm off to make swiss roll...
