Awesome English Tea Scones

Gingerbee's Note:

I serve these wonderful tea scones with homemade strawberry jam and Devonshire clotted cream and they are the highlight of the afternoon tea I serve my guests. Incredibly easy to make and fast to disappear. I hope you'll try them and if you don't have clotted cream available, serve whipped heavy cream with jam of your choice. Enjoy!

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 2⁄3; cups self-rising flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (cut into bits)
• 1 large egg
• 5 ounces milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. In a bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
3. Add the butter and blend the mixture until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
4. In a bowl, beat together the egg and milk.
5. Add this mixture, a little at a time, to the dry ingredients until a sticky dough is formed.
6. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a round 3/4-inch thick.
7. With a cookie cutter, stamp out rounds.
8. (I use a drinking glass approx. 2" diameter) Transfer rounds to a greased baking sheet.
9. Bake for 12- 15 minutes until golden.
10. Serve with jam and cream.

Reviews

[Chef #1356092]

Too sticky to handle may need 1 more cup of self rising flour could not do

[Elly in Canada]

The scones are quite tasty, the small amount of sugar is just right for a sweet scone. Like Canary Bird Sue, I found the dough a bit too moist. I measured out the 5 ounces of milk and added the egg to the cup which made a total of 6 ounces of liquid, just a bit too much in my opinion! The egg was quite large and I should not have added all the liquid to the flour mixture; however, I floured my board, scrapped all the dough out of the bowl and gently kneaded a little more flour into it, just until it was not too sticky, patted it out and cut the scones. They turned out fine, but next time I would only add enough of the liquid to make a soft and 'not too sticky' dough. We enjoyed them with some butter and honey!

[Canary Bird Sue]

I'm not an experienced baker but I didn't have a lot of luck with this recipe. It came out more like a batter than a sticky dough. Maybe it isn't always necessary to add all the milk/egg mix.