Zoë Bowyer » Irish http://www.zoebowyer.co.uk/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:34:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Scones again http://www.zoebowyer.co.uk/blog/2006/04/scones-again/ http://www.zoebowyer.co.uk/blog/2006/04/scones-again/#comments Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:51:27 +0000 zoebowyer http://www.zoebowyer.co.uk/blog/2006/04/scones-again/ I made the scones yesterday, with a few additions. I split the recipe as given below in half. To one half I omitted the sugar and added 50g/2oz cheese (this made for a very cheesy scone so you could add less). The other half I added half an apple, diced, and 1 tsp of cinnamon (this made for a very cinnamony scone, yum!)

They were delicious and light, I think it is the use of oil that makes them to nice.

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  • 12oz S. Bread Flour
  • 2 Tbsp oil
  • 1 egg

Cook in a hot oven.

The first time I thought about making these I went to the shop and bought Strong Bread Flour – the S in the above recipe was rather ambiguous. I later realised I should have got Soda Bread Flour. Another obvious omission was the lack of anything to bind the dry mixture together, so, I bought some buttermilk. The resulting scones were the prefect light and airy texture, but something was missing. Perhaps a bit of sugar. I haven’t made them again as I haven’t had an opportunity and it would require some guesswork to get the quantities right. But when I do make them again these are the ingredients I will use:

  • 340g/12oz Soda bread flour
  • 2 tbsp butter or oil
  • 1 egg
  • 150ml/5 fl oz buttermilk
  • 75g/2-3oz sugar

Then I will cook them for about 15 minutes in a hot oven 200C/400F.

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