This recipe if from my wife's high school recipe book. I made it yesterday with our 4 years old grandson and it was perfect. Previously my record with scones was not good.

2 cups SR flour
2 large tablespoons sunshine milk powder
pinch of salt
2 large tablespoons of butter or margarine
1 egg
1 cup of water

Preheat the CO to 230C
Beat the egg in the cup of water and let sit.
Sift the dry ingredients together and rub in butter well.
Add the egg/water mixture and mix with a knife.
The mix will be fairly wet.  Do not overwork the mix.
Turn onto a floured bench and turn over in the flour so that the outside is coated.
Press out lightly.
Cut out the scones and place closely together on a greased tray.
Place tray in the oven for 12 -15 mins.
Mine came out perfectly at 15 mins.

Makes 8 large scones per recipe.

Some chopped dates also add a different flavour and texture to a scone

Maybe rum soaked sultanas.

Chopped candied ginger.

TBF wrote on May 24^th, 2020 at 10:36am:


I hope no one from the CWA reads that.

There will be hell to pay