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
(84)
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

Pixie

Best scones ever ,I soften the butter though, hardly mix . And make them small. Always consistent. Use this recipe for a base to my other scones, spinach and feta, date, etc. then brush with a little milk and melted butter, left over in the bowl

Leanne

It's an ok recipe tbh. Pretty average, but quite easy to make and sell at our café

Tu Meke

Awesome

Oceanna

I added cheese, bacon, onion and herbs and there the besttt everytime

Rachel

I bake scones with children at kindergarten. Simple recipe to make and taste very good with butter and strawberry jam.

Isabelle bourke

We love making these and putting cream and jam on them

Anne Lorimer

There is far too much baking powder in these scones! They were awful

Mary

This is my favourite scone recipe.

Michaela

I could taste the baking soda and it was very strong unfortunately. It’s a shame - the scones came out nice and fluffy and were easy to make. I don’t know if I’ve done something wrong but I followed the recipe exactly.

Alex

Absolutely recommend this recipe!