Simply Scones - 2 different recipes

I love scones very much...

 The scones go very well with butter, jam or cream cheese.. yummy...

After the 3rd attempt from the Bake-Along, I was very keen to try another recipe. So being aunty again, I was browsing a "Yum Yum" magazine in the supermarket... Flipping through the pages, I came across a raisin scone recipe and again, I snapped shot the recipe instead of buying it...:-p

I had used self raising flour instead of flour+baking powder, that perhaps my scones did not really rise that much. It kinda look like "pong piah"??? hehehehe...

As the scone recipe had milk powder in them, it tasted very "milky". But spreading the scones with butter & jam, did covered away the milky taste.

Ingredients adapted from Yum Yum magazine:

(A)
250g lain flour

15g baking powder

50g caster sugar
100g milk powder(can used lesser if you do not like the milky taste)
1g salt

(B)
120g butter
60g raisins(omitted)
100ml milk

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Put ingredients A into a mixing bowl, add in butter and rub with fingertips till you get a fine breadcrumbs texture.
3. Add raisins, milk & mix lightly until well-combined. Do not over knead the dough.
4. Roll out the dough into 2.5-3cm thick and cut into a 2" round dough. Brush with beaten egg.
5. Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 mins.

I had also tried Lena's scone recipe from her recent bake... Her scones did tempted me so much... Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a nicely baked color like Lena's....

 Well, at least now I am getting some decent looking scones from Lena's recipe... This time, I had made it about 3cm thick, using my 6cm round cutter.

 Yup, these scones were indeed heavenly as mentioned in Lena's blog... I love these scones so much...!!!

They tasted like what scones should be, crumbly, with the dry, cakey texture! Thumbs up for these scones:)

These scones will be best eaten after they were baked, or to be eaten warm.

 Do click on Lena's blog, Frozen Wings to see her wonderful bake of her scones...:))

Recipe with compliments from Lena:

Ingredients: (makes about 6 scones)

32gm butter
32gm sugar ( you can add a little more if you prefer a sweet scone )
1/2 egg
225gm flour
15gm baking powder
125ml milk
35 gm raisins (omitted )
pinch of salt
egg wash for glazing

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200C. Combine the butter and sugar and mix till creamy and fluffy. Add the egg.
2.Add in the flour and baking powder and mix till a crumble forms. Pour in the milk and mix to a smooth texture.Do not overwork as this will toughen the texture. Add the raisins if using and roll out the dough to a 3cm thickness on a lightly floured surface.
4.Use a cookie cutter to cut out individual pieces, i used a 5cm round cookie cutter and arrange them side by side on a baking tray. Glaze with egg mixture and bake in the oven for 10 minutes or till they are golden brown.

Bake-Along #27 - Fruit Scones

I had baked this scones tonight and pre-post this. Browsing through a few scones recipes, I decided to opt for this recipe as it was the easiest one, plus no refrigeration was needed. We do not realy fancy those fanciful scones, just purely plain scones or the ones with chocolate chips do just fine for us:-p

Joining along for the Bake Along #27, let's find out the recipe for this chosen recipe:-D

I had replaced the fruit with chocolate chips instead, as if I used raisins or cranberries, none will eat them.. This is the 3rd time I had made scones, and this recipe wasn't not too bad but it would be have better if I made the scones thicker. And also if I had watched the heat of the oven... hehehe.. Otherwise texture of the scones will be soft & crumbly, which will make it very delicious.

 These chocolate chips scones do go very well with the jam, or even perhaps with butter or cream cheese.

 Having half of the portion of the recipe, it yields about 10 small little mini scones.

 Here is Mimi, having her fair share of her food tasting the moment she sees these scones... hahaha....

Ingredients:

200g self raising flour

50g caster sugar

50g margarine (I used butter)

1/4 tsp of salt

100g raisins (I used chocolate chips or simply palin scones)

1 medium egg

5 tablespoon of milk

Method:

 Step 1. Preheat oven at 220C.

Step 2. Sift the flour into a large bowl, mix well with the sugar. Cut the butter into small little cubes. Using fingertips to rub the butter with the flour mixture into crumbles.

 Step 3. Add the chocolate chips, mix well.

 Step 4. Beat the egg, and take out a spoonful out for brushing the scones later. Beat the egg and mix well with the milk. Pour it into the flour mixture.

 Step 5. Mix well and knead it into a dough.

 Step 6. Roll it out flat, about 1.5-2cm thick. Using a round cuuter to cut out the shape for the scones.

 Step 7. Place the shaped dough on the tray and brush them with egg wash. Bake in the oven for about 10 mins or until they are golden brown.

Note: Do try to bake at the recommended heat and timing as indicated.

Do click on the following links to find out what the Bake-Along hosts had done for their bakes, and the wonderful bakes from other bakers too:))