English scones
Summary
Yield
Source English traditions
Prep time 45 minutes Recipes Snack Light meal United Kingdom Europe Easy Bake Dessert
Description
Serve tea scones so warm butter melts. Serve with butter, whipped or clotted cream, and your favorite jam. Spread butter, top with jam and cream. Heaven.
Ingredients
1 Cup flour 1 Teaspoon baking powder 1 Pinch salt 2 Tablespoon butter 1 Tablespoon sugar 1⁄2 Cup milk (plus some extra for glazing)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450° F (225° C).
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Rub in butter. Add sugar. Add the milk and mix with a knife until obtaining a soft, not sitcky, dough.
- Turn the dough on to a lightly floured board and knead it quickly until it is smooth.
- Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch (1 cm) thickness. cut 16 rounds with 2 inch (5 cm) fluted cookie cutter and transfer them to a buttered cookie sheet. glaze tops with milk.
- Bake towards top of the hot oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until well risen and golden brown.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Ingredients, metric
225 g
flour
1 tsp
baking powder
1 pinch
salt
50 g
butter
25 g
sugar
125 ml
milk
extra milk for glazing
Nutrition facts
Serving size: 2 scones
Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients for a 10 lb (5 kg) turkey. This is a very rough estimate to be used as guideline only.
Amount Per Serving
Calories
187.68
Calories From Fat (32%)
60.07
% Daily Value
Total Fat 6.79g
10%
Saturated Fat 4.17g
21%
Cholesterol 18.32mg
6%
Sodium 598.53mg
25%
Potassium 97.12mg
3%
Carbohydrates 27.08g
9%
Dietary Fiber 0.83g
3%
Sugar 5.33g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 26.25g
Protein 4.36g
9%
Notes
One of the British customs I adore is the afternoon tea break and a nice cup of tea –as they call it- is just what I need to get me through the afternoon. Whenever I have the time, I indulge myself and have a cream tea. This is a tradition loosing ground due to the demands of modern life, really a pity, because it is one of the most charming British food traditions.
I still remember the first time I had a proper afternoon tea –also the first time I tried scones. I had dainty cucumber sandwiches, there were some ham sandwiches too, sponge cake, and plain tea scones -so warm the butter melted- with butter, strawberry jam and clotted cream. Everything was British nice, but I just thought the scones were perfect and quickly became my favorite British treat.
There are many mixtures for scones, but all of them are very easy to prepare and the recipes are here, so you can indulge too and have a tea break.
Would you like a nice cup of tea?
I certainly would, a cup of tea and two scones, please.
Summary
| Yield | |
|---|---|
| Source | English traditions |
| Prep time | 45 minutes |
| Recipes | Snack Light meal United Kingdom Europe Easy Bake Dessert |
Description
Serve tea scones so warm butter melts. Serve with butter, whipped or clotted cream, and your favorite jam. Spread butter, top with jam and cream. Heaven.
Ingredients
| 1 | Cup | flour |
| 1 | Teaspoon | baking powder |
| 1 | Pinch | salt |
| 2 | Tablespoon | butter |
| 1 | Tablespoon | sugar |
| 1⁄2 | Cup | milk (plus some extra for glazing) |
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450° F (225° C).
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Rub in butter. Add sugar. Add the milk and mix with a knife until obtaining a soft, not sitcky, dough.
- Turn the dough on to a lightly floured board and knead it quickly until it is smooth.
- Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch (1 cm) thickness. cut 16 rounds with 2 inch (5 cm) fluted cookie cutter and transfer them to a buttered cookie sheet. glaze tops with milk.
- Bake towards top of the hot oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until well risen and golden brown.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition factsServing size: 2 scones Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients for a 10 lb (5 kg) turkey. This is a very rough estimate to be used as guideline only. |
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Notes
One of the British customs I adore is the afternoon tea break and a nice cup of tea –as they call it- is just what I need to get me through the afternoon. Whenever I have the time, I indulge myself and have a cream tea. This is a tradition loosing ground due to the demands of modern life, really a pity, because it is one of the most charming British food traditions.
I still remember the first time I had a proper afternoon tea –also the first time I tried scones. I had dainty cucumber sandwiches, there were some ham sandwiches too, sponge cake, and plain tea scones -so warm the butter melted- with butter, strawberry jam and clotted cream. Everything was British nice, but I just thought the scones were perfect and quickly became my favorite British treat.
There are many mixtures for scones, but all of them are very easy to prepare and the recipes are here, so you can indulge too and have a tea break.
Would you like a nice cup of tea?
I certainly would, a cup of tea and two scones, please.
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