Best Plain Scones Recipes

ELLEN'S DEVONSHIRE APPLE SCONES WITH PLAIN FLOUR

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a baking sheet.
• Mix flour, cinnamon, and baking powder together in a bowl. Cut in butter with 2 knives or a pastry blender. Stir in brown sugar and apple, then stir in beaten egg.
• Drop the mixture into 12 round heaps on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool on the baking sheet slightly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.

PLAIN OLD FASHION TEA-SCONES

Steps:

• 1. pre-heat oven to 200c, grease a baking sheet. sift the flour , baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs, stir in the sugar. Make a well in the centre and pour in a sufficient amount of milk to make a soft dough.
• 2. Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface a knead lightly. Roll out to a thickness of about 1 inch. Don't be heavy handed , scones need a light touch . using a cutter or a floured glass (turned up side down) cut out 8 scones and put onto a prepared baking sheet. Brush each scone with the beaten egg + salt mix ,this will leave a shining glaze on top of baked scones. Place into a pre-headed oven for 12 - 15 minutes until well risen and golden. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.
• 3. NOTE = YOU CAN ALSO ADD TO THE DRY INGREDIENTS BEFORE YOU ADD THE MILK 3 TABLESPOONS OF SULTANAS FOR FRUIT SCONES ,3 TABLESPOONS OF GLACE CHERRICES (CHOPPED) FOR CHERRY SCONES.. TO SERVE = Split and serve still warm with a dollop of whipped cream and strawberry jam go on be bold....enjoy...:)

PLAIN SCONES!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F / 230°C / gas 8 and lightly grease a baking tray.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Stir in the sugar. Add all the milk and mix lightly into a soft dough.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured board and knead briefly. Do not overwork the dough or your scones will be tough!
• Roll the dough out to 1.25cm / 1/2 in thickness and cut out rounds.
• Place on the greased baking tray. Brush the tops with beaten egg and bake for 7-10 minutes or until well risen and golden brown.
• Cool on a wire rack!

PLAIN AND SIMPLE CHEESE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to gas mark 6/ 200 C/ 400 F. Grease a baking tray and dust with flour to stop the scones from sticking.
• Rub together flour, salt and butter until the consistency of fine breadcrumbs.
• Mix in the grated cheese until evenly distributed throughout the flour mixture.
• Add the milk in 4 stages, as you may not need to use all of it. Once mixed together (it's best to use your hands!), form the dough into a ball and pat into a circle.
• Roll out the dough to about 2 cm thick, then cut out your desired shapes. Place on your prepared baking tray and brush the tops with milk.
• Place on the top shelf of the oven and bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown. Best eaten fresh from the oven!

ENGLISH PLAIN SCONES

Steps:

• Put the flour and salt in a bowl then rub in the butter.
• Add the sugar.
• Add the milk and mix to form a dough. You may want to mix with a knife as the dough gets very sticky as you add the milk.
• Flour a board ready for the dough. EXTRA TIP: Using rice flour on your board at this stage will make your scones wonderfully crisp on the outside.
• Knead the dough lightly on the board.
• Roll with floured rolling pin (or press with your hand) the dough to about 2cm thick.
• Cut rounds from the dough with a cutter (or use a glass with edges dipped in flour if you don't have a round cutter).
• Place the rounds on greaseproof paper lightly dusted with flour on a baking sheet/tray. Or use a greased tray.
• Gather up the odd bits of dough and lightly knead them together. Press/roll to 2cm thick again on your floured board, cut rounds and repeat until all the dough is used.
• Optional: Brush the tops of the scones with a little bit of milk.
• Bake in pre-heated oven for 12-15 minutes until they have risen and start to become golden. Gas mark 7, 220c.

YUMMY PLAIN SCONES

Steps:

• Put the flour in a bowl and add the butter, cut into pieces
• Rub the butter into the flour until it looks like breadcrumbs
• Add enough milk to make a soft dough
• Roll the dough onto a lightly floured surface until 1-1.5 cm thick
• Cut the scones and place on a baking tray
• Bake at 200°, gas mark 6, 180°(fan oven) for 10-15 minutes until golden brown