Buttermilk Scones
Makes 8
Ingredients
- 275 grams plain flour
- 50 grams sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 100 grams butter
- 150 grams buttermilk
- 1 egg
- [optional: 60 grams raisins]
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200 C fan
- Measure the flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl and stir together
- Add the butter in lumps and rub into the flour mixture
- Add the buttermilk and egg and stir together to make a soft dough
- [optional: Mix in the raisins at this stage, if using]
- Turn the dough onto a floured worksurface and dust with more flour
- Form into a ball and then press out with your hands into a neat disc about 3 cm thick
- Carefully transfer the disc to a baking sheet lined with non-stick baking paper
- Cut the disc into 8 segments and pull the segments apart slightly to leave about 1 cm gaps between them
- Brush the tops with extra buttermilk
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes
- Allow to cool slightly before separating them apart if they have merged together