Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, butter scones. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Butter Scones is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Butter Scones is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
These tender, flaky scones are all about the butter. And since the flavor of the butter really shines through, this is a good time to splurge on a high-quality Irish butter like Kerrygold. But frozen grated butter is the real key to success.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have butter scones using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Butter Scones:
- Prepare 225 grams plain flour
- Get 3 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 50 grams butter (cold and cut into pieces)
- Prepare 25 grams caster sugar
- Make ready 100 grams dried fruit (optional)
- Prepare 1 medium egg
- Make ready 120 ml milk
Classic and timeless, butter-based scones can be hearty and delightful. Texture: Layered, usually with craggy, crisp edges and sometimes slightly dry (while still pleasant). Overall, butter scones are sturdier than cream scones. Best for: Splitting and topping with jam, butter, or cream.
Steps to make Butter Scones:
- Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add the butter and rub in using you fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and dried fruit.
- Lightly whisk the egg with the milk and add to the flour mixture. Stir well until the mixture comes together to form a slightly sticky dough, then tip out onto a floured surface.
- Using floured hands lightly knead the dough then using a floured rolling pin roll out the dough until it is 2 cm thick. Cut out shapes using a pastry cutter and carefully transfer them to a baking tray.
- Brush the tops of the scones with a little milk and bake for 12-15 mins until lightly browned. Remove from the oven and transfer the scones to a cooling rack.
They can hold up to heavy or large mix. A basic scone recipe for tender, moist, butter-y scones that are so quick and easy to make! Perfect as-is with just butter and jam, or you can get creative and add fruit, spices, or chocolate. I have been wanting to share this basic scone recipe for so long! I'm so happy to have finally gotten around to it.
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