This week in Home Economics we learnt how to make scones. In our group we got all the ingredients and put them in a bowl. Using a sift to put our dry ingredients into the bowl while someone else was cutting the better into small cubes. After we rubbed the butter into our flour, baking power and salt using the fingertips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. then we pour the milk in the center of the bowl and start making our dough Everyone in our group participated in making the scones.
Ingredients
3 c plain flour
6 t baking power
¼ t salt
75g cold butter
1 to 1 ¼ c milk
Method
- Sift flour, baking power, and salt into a bowl
- Cut butter in small cubes. Rub the butter into the flour , baking power and salt gently with fingertips until resembles fine breadcrumbs
- Add milk gradually. Mix quickly with knife to form a soft dough (the amount of milk required depends on a number of factors)
- Lightly knead the scone dough a few times on tabletop
- Pace baking power on oven tray
- Cut scone dough into 12 even sized pieces
- Place scone onto the lined oven tray. Keep them quite close together towards centre of the tray
- Brush with milk
- Bake at 180c for about 10 minutes
Variations
Cheese scones
Add ¾ cup grated cheese, pinch of cayenne pepper to flour.
Before baking top with a little cheese
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