Best Ever Scones

These are an Edmonds and a Kiwi staple. Fluffy and light, there's a reason they're so popular!

12
Serves
20 mins
Prep Time
(143)
Best Ever Scones

Ingredients

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 220ºC. Grease or flour a baking tray.
  2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

opal

great fluffy texture nice and brown and moist

Shelley Watson

Best ever recipe!!!!

Joe

I LOVE THESE! Highly recommended with butter and jam!

Lozzini

Great recipe and FYI sifting flour definitely makes a difference!

.

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

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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.

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