Plain Baked Scones
A fluffy baked cake made with low-gluten flour, butter, and milk.
Ingredients
Cake flour (sifted)
250 g
Baking powder
1 tbsp
Unsalted butter (cut into 1 cm cubes, chilled)
85 g
Granulated sugar
60 g
Egg (beaten)
1/2
Milk
60 ml
Cake flour (for dusting)
to taste
Milk (for brushing)
to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare ingredients
Mix the cake flour and baking powder together and sift. Cut the butter into 1 cm cubes and chill in the refrigerator.
2
Combine flour and butter
Sift the flour mixture into a bowl again, then rub the butter into the flour with your hands until crumbly. Add the granulated sugar and mix briefly by hand.
3
Add egg and milk
In a small bowl, whisk the egg and milk together, then add to the flour mixture and combine with a spatula. Once no dry flour remains, wrap in plastic wrap if available.
