Recipe: Appealing Orange English tea scones

Orange English tea scones. When I started my tea blog last year, it seemed obvious that scones should be at Bake off some of these Fragrant Orange English Scones to test out your scone eating etiquette! If you are like me, it might take a few scones before. Afternoon tea scones are a quintessential part of British culture.

Authentic British scones aren't eaten for breakfast. Rather, they are served with tea as a light snack during "cream tea" (not to be confused with. Recipe with video instructions: Looking to plan the ultimate English afternoon tea? You can prepare Orange English tea scones using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Orange English tea scones

1. Prepare of all purpose flour.
2. You need of butter.
3. It's of icing sugar.
4. Prepare of baking powder.
5. You need of milk.
6. You need of orange zest.
7. Prepare of Orange juice from 1/2 orange.
8. You need of orange oil.
9. Prepare of egg....for egg wash.

The classic high tea always comes with scones and jam. These citrusy scones are perfect served with tea or at a Summertime brunch! Either way, I know you'll enjoy them as much as I do! Today I'm sharing my recipe for Glazed Orange Scones, a delicious breakfast treat filled with orange zest and drizzled with a sweetened orange glaze.

Orange English tea scones instructions

1. Sieve flour, baking powder, icing sugar together. Pre-heat your oven up to 220 degrees. Add orange zest to the flour, then butter.
2. Rub in together to fine crumbs using your hands, squeeze 1/2 orange into the milk.
3. Add orange oil into the milk and stir, now add the orange milk to the flour and knead to a soft dough....leave it for 5-10mins.
4. Place your dough on a flour dusted surface, knead lightly then roll to 1inch thickness, cut to your desired shape.
5. Grease and align your baking tray, arrange your scones, egg wash and bake for 20-25 mins.
6. When they are ready you can cut across and apply jam or cream, serve with black tea.....enjoy!!.

Our wonderful Cream Tea's and Afternoon Tea's with house baked cakes and freshly prepared scones are also available for eat in or take away. To order your afternoon tea box to go or to make a reservation for afternoon tea please call the tearoom. Classic English Scones are traditionally served with tea, and you would have jam and clotted cream spread on each half of the scone. Watch out for signs along the road saying there is Cream Tea available!! It's worth stopping and having one!