Orange & Thyme Scones
Ingredients
FOR THE SCONES
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (level but not packed)
- 2 ½ TBS baking powder (at sea level 2 ½ TBS /at high altitudes use 2 TBS)
- A pinch of salt
- 3 TBS sugar
- 1 tspn thyme (***optional)
- 1 stick (8oz) butter – ice cold and cut into 1/3 inch cubes
- 1 egg beaten
- 2 TBS orange zest (***optional)
- Juice of half an orange (***optional)
- 1 cup buttermilk/ full cream milk /cream
- 1 egg beaten for wash
TO SERVE
- Whipped cream
- Strawberry/apricot/fig/marmalade jam
- Fresh thyme to garnish
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 450 F/230 C
Spray a muffin tin with nonstick spray.
Place all the dry ingredients into a food processor (flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and thyme). Pulse to combine
Cut the ice-cold butter into 1/3 inch cubes and add it to the food processor. Pulse till the mixture is crumbly. Don’t over-process. You want little bits of butter throughout the mixture.
Whisk the egg. Add the buttermilk/milk/cream along with the orange zest and the juice of half an orange. Whisk to combine.
Pour the liquid into the food processor and pulse till the dough comes together in a ball.
Spoon the dough into the muffin tin. Brush with a beaten egg.
Place the muffin tin on a baking sheet and bake on the middle rack of the oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown on top.
Allow the scones to cool and serve with some whipped cream and strawberry jam and garnish with some fresh thyme.
MAKES 12 SCONES
Notes
When serving heat the scone for 30 seconds in the microwave to warm
*** if you want a more basic scone just leave out the thyme, orange zest and orange juice
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