Scones

Ingredients

• Plain flour: 500g (4 cups)
• Baking powder: 30g (3 heaped tsp)
• Salt: 8g
• Sugar: 80g (⅓ cup + 1 tbsp)
• Butter: 100g (1 stick)
• Eggs: 2 (1 for egg wash)
• Buttermilk: 200ml (¾ cup)
• Raisins: 150g (1 cup)

Yields about 11 scones.

1. Eggwash, mix:
   • 1 egg yolk
   • Pinch of salt and sugar
2. Mix:
   • Flour
   • Baking powder
   • Butter
3. Add a pinch of salt, the sugar, the fruit.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk:
   • 1 egg
   • Buttermilk
5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not develop gluten.
6. Dump the dough on a floured surface and roughly stack the dough on itself. Do not develop gluten.
7. Flatten the dough to a thickness of about 3cm.
8. Use a 7cm round ring to cut out the scones.
9. Place the scones on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
10. Brush the tops with the eggwash.
11. 180 C / 356 F° preheated 18 minutes.