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Viewed: 28 - Published at: 10 months agoIngredients
- 2 cups flour
- 4 level tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp culinary lavender *
- 1/2 stick cold butter cut into very small cubes
- 2/3 cups milk
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- *NB- non-culinary lavender can be poisonous!!
- For icing:
- lemon juice
- icing sugar
Method
- Heat the oven to 400°F
- Grease a baking sheet.
- Thoroughly combine dry ingredients ie. flour, baking powder, salt and lavender in large bowl.
- Quickly rub the butter into the flour until largest butter chucks are pea-sized. (alternatively in food processor or with pastry cutter)
- Do not over-mix or over rub butter, work quickly.
- Mix milk with lemon juice and lest rest for a minute or two. Stir in enough milk to make a soft, dough.
- Knead dough just until it holds together.
- Gather dough into cake-shaped mound and cut into 6 pieces
- Cut scones with very sharp knife, do not squish.
- Bake near the top of the hot oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown and well risen.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- For icing:
- -mix lemon juice with enough icing sugar until quite thick
- -apply to cooled scones. Approx 1/2 lemon adequate for one scone batch
