The fluffiest scone ever

Prep: 40 min • Oven: 18 min • Makes 6 scones

270 g flour
60 g sugar + extra for sprinkling
½ tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
1 ½ ctsp vanilla extract
150 g fresh or frozen blueberries (unthawed)

Recipe steps

1

Put the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a food processor and mix. Cut the cold butter into cubes and add to the food processor. Blitz for a few minutes until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs and there are no lumps left. If you don’t want to use a food processor, you can rub the butter and the dry ingredients together with your hands until it resembles breadcrumbs.

2

Pour the flour mix in a bowl. Add the fermented milk, vanilla extract and blueberries, and stir through the dry ingredients with a spatula until just combined. Briefly knead with your hands to create a dough that holds together – don’t overknead it to keep a fluffy texture.

3

Take the dough out of the bowl and turn it onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into a 15cm large, 3cm high disk.

4

Cut out 6 triangles put the scones on a tray lined with baking paper. Place in the fridge for 15 minutes for the scones to become cool.

5

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200°C fan.

6

After 15 minutes, brush the tops with cream, sprinkle with a bit of sugar and bake in the preheated oven for about 18 minutes until lightly browned and a skewer comes out clean.

For the icing:

70 g icing sugar
1 tbsp lime juice

Recipe steps

1

Leave the scones to cool on a wire rack. Once cool, mix the icing sugar with the lime juice and drizzle over the scones. Leave to set before serving.

2

These are best eaten on the day they’re made.

This recipe was created by Anne’s Kitchen

 

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