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This great help-yourself starter is guaranteed to get your dinner party off to a flying start - you can make it in advance too
Basic buttermilk scones
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- More effort
- Makes 16
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- 350g self-raising flour
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- a good pinch of salt
- 85g butter
- 284ml carton buttermilk
Nutrition: nutrition per scone
- kcal118
- fat5g
- saturates3g
- carbs17g
- sugars0g
- fibre1g
- protein3g
- salt0.56glow
Method
step 1
Preheat the oven to 220C/gas 7/fan 200C. Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a bowl. Add the butter, cut into small pieces and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
step 2
Tip in the buttermilk and mix lightly and quickly to form a soft dough. Knead very briefly, then roll out to 2cm thickness and cut into sixteen 5cm rounds.
step 3
Put on a baking sheet (no need to grease) a little apart, and bake for 12-15 minutes, until risen and pale golden.
