With My Afternoon Tea: Scones!

Scones are known as single served cakes. It differs from the regular buns as it does not have any yeast in it but baking powder instead. The perfectly baked scones are very light and airy, can have or have not a glazed surface. It goes well as your morning meal or with the afternoon tea. I personally fell in love with them at KFC (they have a version of scones, named as biscuits there) and now-a-days I love their biscuits more than the chicken, haha! 

The amazing thing about scones is the ingredients which are used to make scones are readily available in every kitchen. Moreover they take only 30 minutes altogether to get prepared and bake. Let's have a look at the ingredients first and then we will explore the recipe! 

                                        Scones

Ingredients: 

1. All purpose flour- 3 cups

2. Sugar- 1/2 cup

3. Salt- 1/2 teaspoon

4. Unsalted butter -3/4 cup

5. Baking powder- 5 teaspoons

6. Milk- 1 cup

7. Egg-1

Process:

1. Pre-heat the oven at 400 F. 

2. First mix all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt and baking powder). 

3. Take butter, beat an egg and add milk onto it. Mix this into the flour mixture slowly. 

4. Make a dough and place it on a flour dusted surface. 

 

5. Knead and roll the dough into 1/2 inch thickness and with a cookie cutter make round shapes. Place them on a greased tray. 

6. Bake the scones for 15 minutes. Check when they are turning golden brown. That's how you want it!

7. Next, place them over a kitchen towel and rub a bit of butter. (Avoid if you are on diet...;)

8.  You can eat the scones all by itself or add your personal touch by using cream-cheese, jams or nutella as fillings. I have also added some generous drizzles of chocolate syrup as that's how I like it! 

See, now that was easy! I can't wait to hear your choice of filling to go with your version of perfectly baked scones! Happy baking!