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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal229
  • fat8g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs39g
  • sugars10g
  • fibre1g
  • protein4g
  • salt0.6g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Put the flour, salt and butter into a food processor and pulse until you can’t feel any lumps of butter (or rub in butter with fingers). Pulse in the sugar.

  • step 2

    Gently warm the buttermilk (don’t throw away the pot) and vanilla in a microwave or pan. Using your largest bowl, quickly tip in some of the flour mix, followed by some of the buttermilk mix, repeating until everything is in the bowl. Use a knife to quickly mix together to form a dough – don’t over-mix it.

  • step 3

    Tip onto a floured surface and lightly bring together with your hands a couple of times. Press out gently to about 4cm thick and stamp out rounds with a 6cm or 7cm cutter. Re-shape trimmings, until all the dough is used. Spread out on a lightly floured baking sheet or two. Add a splash of milk into the buttermilk pot, then use to glaze the top of each scone. Bake for 10-12 mins until golden and well risen.

RECIPE TIPS
STRAWBERRY SCONE CAKE

Make half the scone recipe, but add 1 tsp baking powder to the dry ingredients, and 4 tbsp milk with the buttermilk. Push into a floured 20cm sandwich tin, smoothing the top, and bake as above for 20 mins until cooked. Once cool, top with 200ml double cream, whipped with a little icing sugar. Drizzle with 5 tbsp

berry jam and pile on some halved strawberries, then dust everything with icing sugar.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2010

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ssmith90

Hi are they suitable for making as cheese scones

Caroline Gould

question

Could I use kefir instead of the buttermilk? Thanks

biancamills6

tip

These are easy to make and taste seriously good. They're great to make with a toddler as there aren't many ingredients or many steps. They're quite sweet so I'll reduce the sugar next time I make them. I used slightly sour milk rather than buttercream and it worked a treat.

bindi1497

I've made these using leftover whey from making yoghurt instead of buttermilk. I also forgot to put the sugar in and they were surprisingly delicious. I think I'll try with sugar next time and see which I prefer.

Lucilastic

question

Can you add some dried fruit to this recipe? If so how much? Thank you

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes you can add 100g sultanas, raisins, dried cherries or other dried fruit of your choice. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

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