Real English Scones

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour, preferably cake flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder (not soda)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons butter, room temp
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• milk, enough to add up to 3/4 cup with the egg added
• 1 egg, extra

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400 deg f.
• 2 mix flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• 3 add butter and rub in with fingers until it resembles crumbs.
• 4 beat egg lightly, pour into a measuring cup, and add milk -- you can use buttermilk instead -- to make up 3/4 cup liquid.
• 5 add liquid slowly to dry ingredients while mixing. you should have a soft dough, but not wet or very sticky.
• 6 sprinkle flour on a wooden board or working surface. turn dough out on that. pat out lightly with fingers until about 1 1/2 inch flat, or a little less.
• 7 press out rounds about 2 1/2 inches across.
• 8 gather excess dough and repeat process.
• 9 beat extra egg well.
• 10 put the scones on a greased tin, use a pastry brush and brush with the beaten egg.
• 11 bake for about 13 minutes until well risen and golden.
• 12 to serve, best use them quickly. coffee shops keep making up batches, so as to serve them almost hot from the oven.
• 13 to eat, break open while hot or warm, and eat with cream and different jams.