Mrs N’s Hebridean Scones

Mrs N’s Hebridean Scones

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Mrs N’s Hebridean Scones

Scones the Hebridean way. Delicious with butter and cheese or jam and cream.
Course Snack
Cuisine British
Recipe Type Cakes and Cookies
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 20 scones

Ingredients

  • 1 lb self raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 oz caster sugar
  • 4 oz butter
  • 250 ml buttermilk use full fat milk instead if need be
  • 1 pinch salt
  • milk to brush the tops with

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 250 and put two baking trays into the oven.
  • Add the flour, baking powder, caster sugar and salt into a bowl. Then rub in the butter until you have a crumb mixture.
  • Using a knife stir in the buttermilk. do this gently.
  • Once you have a well mixed dough, put onto a flourer board.
  • Gently roll the dough into a disc about 1/2 inch thick.
  • Cut roughly into squares and then brush with milk.
  • Remove the hot baking trays, flour them and then put the scones on and return to the oven.
  • Cook for 10 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and place scones on a wire rack to cool