Lemon scones
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Author: Cat (Waitrose Kitchen, Mar 2011, p53)
Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: English
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 30g raisins
- 1/2 lemon, zest and juice
- 450g self-raising flour
- 80g unsalted butter, cubed
- 3tbsp caster sugar
- 300ml whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C. Put raisins in bowl and pour over lemon juice. In another bowl, sift flour with pinch of salt and stir in lemon zest. Add butter and, using fingertips, rub into flour until resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Stir in sugar, then gradually mix in milk until have rough dough; mix or knead as little as poss. Turn onto floured board and divide in half, so can make batch with raisins and one without.
- Drain raisins and gently knead them into one half of dough. Press each half of dough lightly until 2cm high, then cut out rounds with 6cm biscuit cutter.
- Put baking sheet; bake for 12-15mins. Cool on rack; serve with cream and jam or lemon curd.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 212 Fat: 7g Saturated fat: 4.3g Carbohydrates: 35.2g Sugar: 7g Salt: 0.4g Fibre: 1.6g Protein: 4.2g
Recipe by tasty at http://tasty.haribotech.co.uk/?p=795