Orange and Sultana Scones
Makes 8 - 12 large scones
Ingredients
- 3 cups of self raising flour
- ¼ cup of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 75g of chilled butter
- 2 cups of sultanas or golden raisins
- 1 ¾ cups of buttermilk or plain yoghurt
- Zest of one orange
- Icing sugar to dust
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 200 Celsius fan bake. Line an oven tray with baking paper and lightly dust with flour.
- Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and orange zest in a bowl. Add the butter and use your fingertips (or grate chilled butter) to work into the flour mixture. You want the mixture to look like breadcrumbs. Mix in the sultanas.
- Add the milk or yoghurt and stir with a knife until the mixture just comes together into a soft wet dough.
- Flatten the dough on the oven tray into a circle about 25 cm in diameter. Cut into 12 wedges and arrange with a little space between.
- Bake until risen, fully cooked in the middle and lightly golden, about 20 mins.
- Dust with icing sugar and serve with butter.
- VARIATIONS: Use raisins or chopped dates or a mixture of dried fruit.
