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Orange Scones

Call me 'Queen of Scones'
Servings 4
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes

Equipment

  • 1 Pastry cutter or a large firm fork 
  • 1 Cookie cutter
  • 1 Baking Tray
  • 1 Mixing jug
  • 1 Mixing Bowl
  • 1 Rolling Pin

Ingredients

  • 300 g Cake Flour
  • 120 g Salted Butter, cold and diced
  • 3 Teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 3 Tablespoons Castor Sugar extra for sprinkling
  • 120 ml Full Cream Milk cold
  • 1 Extra Large Egg extra egg for eggwash
  • Zests of 1 Medium Orange
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Paste or essence

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 190℃ and line a baking tray with a baking paper. Set aside
  • Sieve the flour and baking powder into a medium mixing bowl. Add sugar and mix well.
  • Add the butter and cut it into the flour using a pastry cutter (or a large firm fork or fingertips), until the mixture roughly resembles a crumb texture, if there are visible large butter pieces left, use your fingertips to break/rub them into the flour mixture. Make a well in the centre.
  • In the meantime, in a measuring jug, pour in the milk, add the egg, vanilla paste, then orange zests, whisk until all is well combined.
  • Add the milk mixture in centre of the flour (where you created the well). Use a fork to mix everything together until it starts to come together but is still roughly crumbly.
  • Turn the dough onto a floured worksurface and use your hands to bring the dough together, use a rolling pin to flatten it into 2 centimetre thickness (you can use a ruler to be precise).
  • Use a round cookie cutter to cut out scones, and transfer all onto the prepared baking tray. Brush the top of the scones with the egg wash and sprinkle with sugar.
  • Bake the scones for about 12 to 14 minutes (see note 3), until slightly browned on top.
  • Allow the scones to cool on a wire rack and enjoy with coffee, clotted or whipped cream and jam.

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Notes

  1. Be careful not to over mix the scones dough.
  2. If you don't have a good quality salted butter, I recommend you buy unsalted butter and add a pinch of salt.
  3. Please understand that ovens are not the same, the temperature heat varies from one oven to another. So baking time may not be the same (you may need to bake between 15 to 18 minutes) and you may not get the same result as seen on the pictures, do not despair when this happens. 
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