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.
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!
Pete Rowlingson
This is the best Scone recipe in the world! I have used it for years and it never, ever fails! I grate some cheese into the mix. Roll out the dough then use an upturned glass to cut into perfect circles....
lana
delicious with jam and cream
Jacs
Best scones ever , I add 25g more butter and they come out perfect every time . Even with gluten free flour just need a bit more milk or an egg
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We love making these and putting cream and jam on them
There is far too much baking powder in these scones! They were awful
This is my favourite scone recipe.
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.
Absolutely recommend this recipe!
This is the best Scone recipe in the world! I have used it for years and it never, ever fails! I grate some cheese into the mix. Roll out the dough then use an upturned glass to cut into perfect circles....
delicious with jam and cream
Best scones ever , I add 25g more butter and they come out perfect every time . Even with gluten free flour just need a bit more milk or an egg
Easy and nice!!
Using Gluten Free Flour makes it un eat able
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