The other week I was in a lovely vintage style tearoom called Small Talk with my dear friend Eilidh having tea and cake and I tried a treacle scone for the first time. I honestly don't know how I avoided these angels for so long! But after finding my true love of the scone world I decided I would have a go at making them myself, and seeing as it's cold and wet this morning I felt scones would be a great way to start the day!
You will need:
225g Plain Flour 1/2 tsp Salt
25g Butter 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda
25g Caster Sugar 1/2 tsp Ginger (ground)
120ml Milk 1 tsp Cream of Tartar
1/2 tsp Cinnamon 1 tbsp Black Treacle
1. Find a BIG bowl (okay well it doesn't need to be huge, but large) and sift your flour,cinnamon, ginger, salt, bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar and mix them all together.
2. Rub your butter into the mix of dry ingredients until it looks a little like bread crumbs (watch out, the birds might try and eat them)
3. In a little saucepan mix the milk, sugar and treacle on a low heat until the sugar has dissolved and the treacle has melted.
4. Once dissolved remove from the heat and allow to cool, them pour into your BIG bowl with your dry ingredients and butter and mix until it turns into a soft dough.
5. Flour a surface and knead your dough until it is nice and smooth.
6. Roll your dough with a rolling pin (or a wine bottle if you so wish) until it is about 2-3cm thick.
7. Cut out scone shapes with a cutter of your choice and re-roll your extra dough and repeat.
8. Grease or flour a baking tray and place your scones on, spacing them out evenly as you go.
9. Cook in the oven for about 12-15 minutes.
10. Et Voila you have scones!
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