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Butter Scones.

You can prepare Butter Scones using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Butter Scones

1. You need 225 grams of plain flour.
2. You need 3 tsp of baking powder.
3. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
4. You need 50 grams of butter (cold and cut into pieces).
5. It's 25 grams of caster sugar.
6. You need 100 grams of dried fruit (optional).
7. It's 1 medium of egg.
8. You need 120 ml of milk.

Butter Scones instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4..
2. 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..
3. 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..
4. 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..
5. 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..