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Scones with jam and cream

Name: Scones with jam and cream
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 4 tsp baking powder; a pinch salt; 6 tbsp cold butter; 3 tbsp sugar; 3/4 cup milk; 1 half in dough, half for glaze egg; 1 tsp lemon juice; Jam (jam or jelly), strawberry jam, to serve; Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream), clotted or whipped cream, to serve

Tall, flaky scones with jam and clotted cream. Afternoon tea's centrepiece.

35 minTime

6 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayPlain scones with jam and clotted cream.

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6 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

35minutessame

Scones.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2¾ cups

Baking powder4 tsp

Salta pinch

Butter6 tbsp, cold

Sugar3 tbsp

Milk¾ cup

Egg1, half in dough, half for glaze

Lemon juice1 tsp

Jam (jam or jelly)strawberry jam, to serve

Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)clotted or whipped cream, to serve

Method

4 steps

1Rub butter into flour, baking powder and salt; stir in sugar.
2Warm milk slightly, add lemon and half the beaten egg. Stir in quickly to a soft dough.
3Pat 3 cm thick, cut straight down without twisting. Glaze tops.
4Bake at 220 C for 10 to 12 minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve warm, split by hand, with bowls of jam and clotted cream, and a pot of tea.

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Scones with jam and cream

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