Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy Scones

Scones.

You can have Scones using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Scones

1. You need 3 cups of white cake flour.
2. You need 1 cup of icing sugar.
3. Prepare 6 teaspoons of baking powder.
4. It's 125 grams of cold butter or margarine (cubed).
5. Prepare 1 cup of sour milk.
6. You need 1 of egg.
7. You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence.

Scones step by step

1. Sift Flour,baking powder and icing sugar.
2. Rub the butter into the dry ingredients until it forms a breadcrumb texture.
3. In a separate bowl,beat the eggs and sour milk together and add in the Vanilla essence.
4. Pour the egg,sour milk mixture into the flour.
5. Lightly flour your work surface.
6. Place your entire mixture onto surface.
7. Do not roll out, with a light hand Pat the dough to a 3cm thickness,this results in a perfect rise..
8. Using a scone cutter,cut each scone and place onto a greased,oven proof flat dish,keeping in mind to spread the scones out.
9. Whisk one egg and brush the tops of each scones before placing in the oven.
10. Bake at 180°c, for about 15 minutes or until golden brown on top and lightly brown at the bottom of each scone..