The Pastor's Kitchen: Simple Milk Scones

 The Pastor's Kitchen

with Lydia Madzokere

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

2.5 tbs sugar

1tbs baking powder

1/4 cup very cold butter cut into little cubes

Very cold whole milk to mix

Method:

In a bowl mix flour, salt, sugar, baking powder. 

Rub in the cold butter with fingertips to make a coarse crumbly mixture.

Add cold milk little by little until you get a soft dough (sorry I don't measure the milk). 

Don't knead or over mix the dough because developing gluten will make the scones tough.

Put the dough on a well floured surface, pat it into 2.5cm thickness then cut out the scones with a floured biscuit cutter or improvise with a water glass. 

The cut edges will allow the scones to rise beautifully as they bake (don't attempt to shape into balls).

Place the scones on a baking sheet lined with a lightly greased parchment paper and brush the tops generously with milk. 

Bake in preheated oven 400F until light golden brown. 

Serve with tea or beverage of your choice plain as they are or with butter/whipped cream/jam.

Lydia Madzokere is an educationist based in Gweru, Midlands Province.