Date Scone Recipe

There's nothing more comforting

on a cold winters day

than a freshly brewed

steaming pot of tea

and a batch of freshly baked scones

So guess what I've been up to today?

I only had to spend less than an hour

in the kitchen to create this

comfort food, and it was comfort

food I craved today

being yet another cold rainy

winters Sunday in our part of the world

I do enjoy making scones

I guess I learned it from watching

my mother bake them when I was young

(not that long ago....really)

So I'm sharing her recipe with you

today and hope you might find

much comfort and pleasure

in baking them too

So here we go

This recipe makes quite
a large batch of scones
If you're lucky enough
to have any left over
they do freeze really well
 Just wrap in foil, freeze and
reheat when required

You will need to sift

4 cups self raising flour

with 1 teaspoon baking powder

into a large bowl

To this you now need to add

4 dessert spoons butter

(or margarine) whatever you prefer

Now spend a little time

rubbing in the butter

with the flour

lifting the mixture up as you go

keep doing this until

the mix looks like soft breadcrumbs

Now add one third cup castor sugar

mix this in

Now add one cup dates finely chopped

You can snip them with your kitchen 

scissors if you like

Now take a butter knife and make 

a well in the centre of the mix

and pour in one and three quarter

cups milk (you may need a little

more if necessary but just start with

this amount first)

Mix quickly with your butter knife

to bring it all together

Make sure you mix in

all the flour that hides down

in the bottom of the bowl

Now tip the mixture out

onto a lightly floured surface

knead lightly to form a round shape

gently pat down to about 

2.5 centimetres thickness

Now take your scone cutter

Mine is 5 centimetres

But you can use whatever

size you prefer

or you can just cut into

squares with your knife

So just cut out your scones

Place onto a large baking sheet

lined with glad bake

Brush the tops with a little milk

Place into a preheated very hot

oven mine is 210 degrees fan forced

Bake for around 12 minutes

Now while they're baking

You can put the kettle on

Get the butter ready

Jam and cream if you like

When you remove them

from the oven wrap them in 

a clean tea towel and

leave to cool on a cooling rack

Bon Appetit!

Hope you had a wonderful Sunday

Happy baking!

Robyn

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