Name: Best Ever Scones
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 3 cups Edmonds standard flour; 6 tsp Edmonds baking powder; ¼ tsp salt; 1 to 1½ cups Meadow Fresh milk; 75g butter

Ingredients

3 cups Edmonds standard grade flour
5 tsp Edmonds baking powder
¼ tsp salt
extra Meadow Fresh milk
75g butter (or Olivani Spread)
1 to 1 ½ cups Meadow Fresh milk, approximately

Method

Preheat the oven to 220ºC. Grease or flour a baking tray.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
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.
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.

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How does sifting your flour add aeration to your baking, wouldn't rubbing it in fix that?

Reply from Edmonds:

Sifting flour isn’t just about removing lumps, it also adds air, which helps give scones a lighter texture. When you rub in the butter, you’re coating the flour to create flaky layers, but you’re not adding the same even aeration that sifting does. For the best rise, we recommend doing both.

Cotton

yummy
its so delious

I wish I can have more of it

Yummyyy

Yolanda

Do you use sugar?

Reply from Edmonds:

Our classic scone recipe doesn’t include sugar as they're usually served with sweet topping like jam and cream. But if you like a slightly sweeter scone, you can always add a little sugar to the mix. Happy baking!

Brenda Carrodus

Great scones the best

Lee

A bit tasteless, need some sugar.

Maryann

Do you really have to use the sift for the four if you haven’t got one

Reply from Edmonds:

Great question, if you don’t have a sifter, no worries. Just give the flour a good stir with a fork or whisk to break up any lumps and add a bit of air. Sifting helps with lightness, but it’s not a deal breaker (your scones will still turn out tasty!)

L Murray

Good scone recipe .... Jon jones needs his title stripped immediately

Dewald Pieterse

I used 1 cup buttermilk and about a 3/4 cup milk. Absolutely stunning. I tested this recipe in the air fryer, and it worked ok, but I do prefer the oven.

Kiko

Very tasty!

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