Scones

snack dessert

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Servings

15 Servings

Prep time

60 Minutes

Cooking Time

15 Minutes

Calories

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Ingredients

  • 400g ‘00’ flour (also known as pasta flour!)
  • 20g baking powder
  • 115g butter, frozen and grated
  • 175ml whole milk (room temperature), plus extra for glazing
  • 80g caster sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. vanilla (optional)

Directions

  1. Sift flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl, add grated butter and gently rub with fingers until a sandy consistency
  2. Make a well in the middle and pour in milk & vanilla. Gentley mix with a knife until milk is just incorporated.
  3. Cover bowl and rest dough for 30mins
  4. Lightly dust work surface with flour, tip out dough and gently work into square shape. Cut dough into quarters, stack quarters on top of each other and press down into a square shape.
  5. Gently roll out dough until 2cm thick, cut into 50mm rounds
  6. Place rounds on a baking tray lined with paper, so that they’re touching.
  7. Brush with milk and place tray in the fridge for ~30mins
  8. Pre-heat oven to 200°C, and bake for 10-15 mins, until golden on top