Sweet Date Scones

Scones are great for afternoon tea or for breakfast and even as a snack.  There is nothing like a homemade scone, freshly baked from the oven, served with jam with a dollop of cream and accompanied by a pot of tea!

Recipe for Sweet Date Scones

Ingredients

8 oz self-raising flour, sieve 3 times

3/4 cup milk (or maybe a bit less)
50 gm cold butter cut into cubes

1 Tbsp sugar

70 gm dates, pitted and coarsely chopped

a pinch of salt

Method

Put sifted flour into a mixing bowl, stir in salt, mix well.

Add in cold butter cubes and rub in with finger tips till it resembles bread crumbs.  

(Take care not to overdo this step)

Stir in sugar, mix well.  Make a well in the centre and pour in milk sparingly.

Mix till just combined with a spatula.  Dough is sticky at this stage.

Place dough onto a lightly floured work top and knead lightly, about 3 times.

Pat the dough into 2 cm high and cut with a floured cookie cutter.  Do not twist the dough.
Just loosen the dough from the cutter. (I used a 6 cm diameter cutter).

Place cut dough onto a parchment lined baking tray, side by side slightly touching each other.

Apply milk glaze.

Bake in a preheated oven @ 200 deg C for 13 to 15 mins. till lightly brown.

Scones are cooked when they have risen and begin to separate in the middle.

Cool on a wire rack.

Serve warm with cream, lemon curd or jam of your choice and butter.
Makes 7 scones

Note :

Baking the scones side by side and close to each other will keep the sides straight and even and they rise upwards and not outwards.
Do not add in the all the milk at once.  You may not require all the milk as stated in the recipe.

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