[recipe] Sultana scone

I have made scones many many times.  This is my simple way of doing it, by twisting around different recipes I found on the Internet.   Before staring, I strongly recommend people to read "Delia's website" of how to make scones.   It is a really good reference.

 

Makes 8

 

Ingredients:

• 225g self raising flour
• pinch of salt
• 75g butter
• 20g caster sugar
• 30g sultana
• 6 tbsp milk

Method:

1. measure flour then sieve it to a big bowl, add in a pinch of salt, set aside
2. measure sugar, set aside
3. measure sultana, (if they are dried, soak them in hot water), set aside
4. beat an egg, add in 6 tbsp of milk, set aside; 
5. grease the baking tray with butter, dust with flour
6. preheat oven to 200C
7. measure butter, cut into small cubes;  rub the butter into flour until they look like breadcrumbs
8. add sugar and mix in
9. add in the egg mixture a little bit at a time, mix in with a knife, until it starts to form a dough(you might not need to use all the egg mixture)
10. add in sultana, use your hand and work it into a dough
11. roll the dough to around 1" thick, cut into circle shapes
12. place the scones to the baking tray, brush with egg mixture and sprinkle over with a little flour
13. bake for 10 mins