Name: Date Scones
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3 cups Edmonds standard flour; 6 tsp Edmonds baking powder; ¼ tsp salt; 1 Tbsp Chelsea white sugar; ½ tsp cinnamon; 75g butter; ¾ cup chopped dates; 1 to 1½ cups Meadow Fresh milk

Ingredients

3 cups Edmonds standard flour
6 tsp Edmonds baking powder
¼ tsp salt
1 Tbsp Chelsea white sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
75g butter
¾ cup chopped dates
1 to 1½ cups Meadow Fresh milk, approximately
extra milk

Method

Preheat the oven to 220ºC. Grease or flour a baking tray.
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and cinnamon into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the dates.
Add the milk and quickly mix with a round-bladed table knife to a soft dough. For light and tender scones the mixture should be quite soft and a little sticky. Scrape the dough onto the floured baking tray and flour the top.
Working quickly, pat the dough out to 2cm thickness and with a floured knife cut it into 12 even-sized pieces, then separate the scones to allow 2cm space between them. Brush the tops with milk and sprinkle with a mix of cinnamon and sugar if desired.
Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool, wrapped in a clean tea towel to keep them soft.

Add your review

Paul

Novice baker but these were best scones I’d made so far. As to comments on baking powder, I had no problems with the amount therefore conclude some have misread the recipe. Definitely will be making again.

Wenjie

Too much baking powder and can taste it

Matt Akers

It is nice and fluffy , warm and lovingly. My daughter tried it and she says it is yummy

Arlet

I also followed recipe as 6 teaspoons of baking powder (not tablespoons, as someone else had suggested)
It was rather bitter! And wish I had read reviews beforehand. I wondered wether anyone else had experienced this and came to find I wasn't the only one. Will be reading reviews before hand!

Emma

Those who rated this 1 star because it has too much baking powder have misread the recipe and put 6 tablespoons as opposed to 6 teaspoons or 2 tablespoons. I used 6 teaspoons and it was good

Nisa

So disappointed and wish I read the reviews before making. I guess I usually just trust Edmunds recipes. 6 teaspoons of baking powder is way too much and unnecessary. They didn't even rise that much. I think I'll opt for self raising flour next time