Name: Melt-in-your-Mouth Scones recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour; 1 pinch salt; 60g butter chilled; 1/4 cup caster sugar; 150ml milk; 1/2 cup milk extra to glaze

by abrarose Last updated on 07/09/2019

These scones are lovely and buttery, and they really do melt in your mouth! - abrarose

Ingredients

2 cups self-raising flour
1 pinch salt
60g butter chilled
1/4 cup caster sugar
150ml milk
1/2 cup milk extra to glaze

Method

Step 1

Sprinkle a baking tray with a little flour.
Step 2

Sift flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
Step 3

Cut butter into 5 mm cubes and add to flour.
Step 4

Gently stir butter through flour with a wooden spoon until each piece of butter is separated.
Step 5

Stir in sugar.
Step 6

Add milk to flour mixture and gently combine with a rounded knife with a cutting motion until a dough forms.
Step 7

Gently pat dough into a ball.
Step 8

Turn dough ball out onto a lightly floured surface and pat out until 2.5 cm thick.
Step 9

Cut out rounds with a 5cm cookie cutter. Gather remaining dough and pat out/cut until you have 12 rounds.
Step 10

Place rounds on prepared tray close together, and brush tops with a little milk.
Step 11

Bake at 220C for 15 minutes or until golden and well risen.
Step 12

Cool slightly before serving with butter, cream and jam.

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

Butter pieces need to be separated when mixed with flour not stuck together, so make sure the butter is chilled.

This technique is called 'cut' the flour into the butter. You can use a wooden spoon or two dinner knives, one in each hand, and cut the butter in the flour until the flour resembles coarse breadcrumbs and the butter is well mixed.

These scones don't rise as high as some other recipes.