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All Purpose Scones

Created by All Foods Natural, Tuesday, 19 February 2008

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Don't cut freshly baked scones, pull them apart with your fingers instead. Cutting ruins the texture and makes them clumpy. Scones stale quickly; eat them the same day you make them.

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Makes

9 to 10 scones

1 cup
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 pinch salt
2 Tbs butter
1/2 cup milk
extra milk for glazing

Methods/steps

Preheat the oven to 450° F (225° C).
Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Rub in butter. Add the milk and mix with a knife until obtaining a soft dough, not sticky.
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 thick. cut 9 to 10 rounds with a 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. Serve with butter and jam or butter and cheese.

Nutrition Facts

Serving size: 1 serving

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.


Amount Per Serving
Calories		175.49
Calories From Fat (34%)		60.07
		% Daily Value
Total Fat 6.79g		10%
Saturated Fat 4.17g		21%
Cholesterol 18.32mg		6%
Sodium 598.53mg		25%
Potassium 97.05mg		3%
Carbohydrates 23.93g		8%
Dietary Fiber 0.83g		3%
Sugar 2.18g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 23.10g
Protein 4.36g		9%

Additional Tips

Cheese scones - sift 1 tsp, level, dry mustard and a pinch cayenne pepper with the flour, and add 2 Tbs of your favorite cheese, grated, before adding milk.

Cheese and basil - add 1 Tbs grated cheddar and 1 Tbs finely chopped basil before adding milk.

Cheese and garlic - add 2 Tbs shredded cheddar and 1 clove garlic, minced, before adding milk.

Ham and parsley - mix 1 Tbs finely chopped ham and 1 Tbs finely chopped parsley before adding milk.

Wholemeal scones - use 1 cup wholemeal flour and 1 cup plain flour.

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