First Prize Scones

The most erroneous title ever, given how long it's taken me to bake scones that look, or taste, anything like scones. Or food. I think I hate scones. They are my baking nemesis. I urge you once again to revisit Scones of Horror. 

The scones I ended up making were as a result of a plaintive cry made on Facebook, a wail of despair that caused friends and family to come running with their suggestions and tricks and tips for 'The Perfect Scone'. I received some great suggestions about how to 'fix' my Nanna's recipe for 'First Prize Scones'; lemonade was mentioned, as were special mixing implements that seemed to have been invented just for scones. Offers of phone calls from scone savants to talk me through the recipe were made. It was wonderful and overwhelming, and I want to thank everyone who responded in my moment of scone need. 

The recipe I ended up using was one I identified as being the simplest to follow, and ended up with scones that looked and tasted like scones. Also, these are an excellent medium by which one can consume vast amounts of jam and cream legitimately. 

Simple Scones

2 cups self raising flour

1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 220°C

Sift flour into bowl, add milk, stirring through with a knife. Roll to a thickness of about 2 cm, then cut with a biscuit cutter or into squares. Place the scones close together on a greased/floured baking tray, and brush lightly with milk, or dust with a little flour.  

Bake for approximately 12-15 minutes. 

I took the scones to work, and was describing how simple I found this batch to a colleague, who turned to me and said, "two ingredients? You know you've made glue, right?". Yes. I've made glue. It was delicious.

For those who are better at sconning than I am (and I suspect that's every single one of you), I include below the recipe from my Nanna's cookbook for you to try and fix for me! 

First Prize* Scones

3 cups plain flour

3 tsp. Cream of Tartar

1 tsp. Bicarbonate Soda

1 tsp. salt

Milk

Sift dry ingredients together thrice. With a knife, mix through enough milk to create a medium paste consistency. Roll and bake in a quick oven.

*First Prize? Not sure what competition these scones would be winning.  

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For those of you who are not in Australia, please find here a selection of Measurement & Temperature Conversion Charts which should help with the accuracy of your own cooking.