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Plain Scones

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Baked

Tags: medium difficulty, recipes for scones, recipes using baking powder, recipes using butter, recipes using cake flour, recipes using egg, recipes using fruit preserves, recipes using heavy cream, recipes using superfine sugar, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3APlain_Scones)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3APlain%20Scones&oldid=4587477

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 450 g (2 cups / 16 oz / 1 lb) cake flour, plus more as needed
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3 tbsp caster sugar
  • 5 tbsp cold butter, cut into pieces
  • 1 egg
  • 120–180 ml (½–¾ cup / 4–6 fl oz) heavy cream, plus more for brushing
  • Fruit jam (usually raspberry or strawberry)

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 230°C (450°F / Gas Mark 8).
  2. Put the flour, salt, baking powder and 2 tablespoons of the sugar in a food processor and pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles cornmeal.
  3. Add the egg and just enough cream to form a slightly sticky dough. If it’s too sticky, add a little flour, but very little; it should still stick a little to your hands.
  4. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead once or twice, then press it into a 2 cm (¾ inch) thick circle. Cut out 5 cm (2 inch) rounds with a biscuit cutter or glass.
  5. Put the rounds on an ungreased baking sheet. Gently reshape the leftover dough and cut out more scones.
  6. Brush the top of each scone with a bit of cream and sprinkle with a little of the remaining sugar.
  7. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, or until the scones are a beautiful golden brown. Let them cool and serve immediately.