Steps to Make Homemade English Scones

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English Scones is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. English Scones is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingers until it resembles crumbs. British scones are small nibbles that are fairly plain on their own, but are classically eaten with jam and clotted cream, making for a real treat. When you first try an authentic British scone, you might be tempted to think of it as a biscuit. (Unless, of course, you're from the southern US, where biscuit-making is an art.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook english scones using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make English Scones:

1. Take 200 grams all-purpose flour
2. Make ready 50 grams caster sugar
3. Make ready 50 grams butter, slightly softened
4. Prepare 75 ml milk
5. Get 1/2 tsp baking powder
6. Get 1/4 tsp salt
7. Get raisins
8. Take all-purpose flour, for dusting
9. Prepare milk, for brushing
10. Prepare 1 small egg

A proper English scones recipe using North American measurements instead of weight measures. Perfect with thick cream and your favourite homemade jam. Classic English Scones are light and airy with a slight crumble. A very British treat to which you can add different dried and fresh fruit.

Instructions to make English Scones:

1. Mix the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
2. Rub in butter with fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs.
3. Add in milk and raisins (if using) and knead gently to make a rough dough.
4. Turn the dough out on counter, lightly dusted with flour, and knead until smooth. Add milk if dough is too dry, and flour if otherwise.
5. Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1 cm, and cut out round shapes with a small glass or cookie cutter. You can also shape the dough with your hands.
6. Brush the tops with egg and milk mixture.
7. Place on cookie sheets with spaces between and bake in preheated oven at 190℃ for about 13 minutes or until slightly golden brown.
8. Serve warm with honey or jam.

Classic English Scones are light and airy with a slight crumble. A very British treat to which you can add different dried and fresh fruit. Usually served with afternoon tea and clotted cream, these are the very British round version, different to the American triangle ones. These remind me of the scones I had when I took my daughter's out to tea. They are the epitome of the traditional English scone.

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