ENGLISH AFTERNOON TEA SCONES
What could be more British than a classic afternoon tea and of course, the star of the show, the mighty scone? Add a twist to your favourite bake by infusing English Afternoon Tea in to your scones, then serve with your jam of choice and a large helping of clotted cream.
| Serves | Approx. 16 Scones |
|---|---|
| Makes In | 30 mins |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Dietary | [[v]] |
Ingredients
| Qty | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 450g | Allinson's Self-Raising Flour |
| 2 tsp | Baking Powder |
| 75g | Butter, At Room Temperature |
| 50g | Billington's Golden Caster Sugar |
| 2 | Eggs |
| 225ml | Milk |
| 4 | Twinings English Afternoon Tea Bags |
| Jam | |
| Clotted Cream |
Method
- Lightly grease two baking trays. Preheat the oven to 220°C / 200°C / gas mark 7.
- Place the flour and baking powder into a bowl, add the butter and rub together using your fingertips until you reach a crumble, then add the sugar.
- In a saucepan, heat the milk (but do not boil) then add the teabags. Allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes (minimum temperature 85C) before squeezing and removing, then leave the milk to cool.
- Beat together the eggs and add to the cooled milk, then leave aside a couple of tablespoons of this mixture for glazing later on.
- Gradually incorporate the egg/milk mixture to the dry ingredients until its forms a soft dough.
- Turn the dough out on to a floured surface and roll out with a rolling pin until 1-2cm thick. Stamp out circles of dough using a fluted cutter.
- Place the scones on the baking tray and glaze the tops with the remaining egg/milk mixture using a pastry brush.
- Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until golden.
- Serve the scones with jam, clotted cream and a cup of afternoon tea.
- This recipe was created by our friends over at Baking Mad.