| Apple Scone |
| ingredients: |
One
medium cooking apple
8 oz (250g or two cups) self
raising flour (all-purpose flour
with baking powder)
½ teaspoon salt
Level teaspoon baking powder
2 oz (60g or ½ stick)
butter
2 oz (60g or ¼ cup) castor
(fine granulated) sugar
Up to ¼ pint (150ml or
half cup) milk
Ingredients
for glaze:
A little milk
1oz demerara (light brown) sugar
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| method: |
Pre-heat the oven to 200C (400F
or Gas Mark 6).
Peel and core the apple and
then finely chop. Sift together
the flour, salt and baking powder.
Then rub in the butter followed
by the sugar and chopped apple
and mix. Add milk until you
have a soft but not sticky dough.
Roll out on a floured surface
to about ¼" thick
and 8" round and mark into
8 wedges. Place on a greased
baking sheet, brush the top
with milk and sprinkle with
the demerara (light brown) sugar.
Bake in the pre-heated oven
at 200C (400F or Gas Mark 6)
for 20-25 minutes. Serve warm
with butter.
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| There
are many different varieties of scone
- this one uses finely chopped apple
to supply its flavour. |
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