Here's a quick recipe for some a brilliant for an egg free fruit some scones which I baked over the is weekend.
Put oven on: gas mark 6, 180 oc fan assisted 170oc
Grease a non stick baking tray (I find using a roasting tin bakes a softer scone)
Ingredients:
8oz self raising flour
2oz hard butter
1tsp baking powder
1oz caster sugar (more to taste - But I find this perfect as the dried fruit is sweet)
Pinch of salt
3oz dried sultanas or raisins
1/2 tsp of mixed spice
A drop of vanilla essence
120ml cream, milk or butter milk (can be mixture of them)
Method
1. Rub the butter into the in to the flour and add in baking powder and pinch of salt. (Rubbing is a method using your finger tips -take small amounts of mixture and rub the flour into the butter until is resembles breadcrumbs. Raise the mixture to some height whilst doing this over the bowl to aerate it.
2. Mix in the sugar and fruit and spice.
3. Add in 120ml of liquid, vanilla essence and bind it together with a flat knife
4. Using your hand bring it together to form dough.
Pat out in an 8 inch circle (1 inch in height) score the top in 8 pieces like the picture. Brush the top with milk (not the sides to give it colour contrast)
5. Bake for 20 mins and remove onto a cooling rack and simply enjoy with some best butter and jam is desired.
Of course this is not just for vegetarians! I took this bake to a party last night and they went in a shot...
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Grease a non stick baking tray (I find using a roasting tin bakes a softer scone)
Ingredients:
8oz self raising flour
2oz hard butter
1tsp baking powder
1oz caster sugar (more to taste - But I find this perfect as the dried fruit is sweet)
Pinch of salt
3oz dried sultanas or raisins
1/2 tsp of mixed spice
A drop of vanilla essence
120ml cream, milk or butter milk (can be mixture of them)
Method
1. Rub the butter into the in to the flour and add in baking powder and pinch of salt. (Rubbing is a method using your finger tips -take small amounts of mixture and rub the flour into the butter until is resembles breadcrumbs. Raise the mixture to some height whilst doing this over the bowl to aerate it.
2. Mix in the sugar and fruit and spice.
3. Add in 120ml of liquid, vanilla essence and bind it together with a flat knife
4. Using your hand bring it together to form dough.
Pat out in an 8 inch circle (1 inch in height) score the top in 8 pieces like the picture. Brush the top with milk (not the sides to give it colour contrast)
5. Bake for 20 mins and remove onto a cooling rack and simply enjoy with some best butter and jam is desired.
Of course this is not just for vegetarians! I took this bake to a party last night and they went in a shot...
