Sweet White Scones

Nothing is better in the morning than the smell of freshly baked scones

Scones have to be one of the easiest breads to make, and one of the tastiest. The smell of them always makes my mouth water, and there's nothing like them when they're still hot from the oven. I prefer plain scones, but you can add almost anything to this recipe: raisins, nuts, dried cranberries, chocolate, anything's good.
I think that this is the perfect white scone recipe. I have actually lost count of how many times I have made these, everyone in my house loves them. It's from Darina Allen's 'Simply Delicious'. This makes a lot of scones, sometimes I half the recipe, but they freeze pretty well, and they taste so good that making a big batch is always a good idea ;)

Putting sugar on top of scones probably isn't the healthiest idea, but...

Recipe: Sweet White Scones

Ingredients:
900g/ 6 1/2 cups plain flour
170g/ 1 1/2 sticks butter
3 eggs
Pinch of salt
60g/ 1/3 cup caster sugar
3 heaped teaspoons/ 3 American teaspoons baking powder
425ml/ 2 cups milk
1 beaten egg, to glaze
Granulated brown/white sugar

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C
Sieve all the dry ingredients together. Rub in the butter
Make a well in the center. Whisk the eggs with the milk and add to the dry ingredients to from a soft dough.
Turn out onto a floured board. Kneed lightly and shape into a round. Roll out to 2 1/2 cm/ 1 inch thick and stamp into scones. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown on top.

It makes me want to put butter all over them!

It's hard to describe just how good these scones are, I don't know what exactly it is about them, but they're just right. The sugar on the top is probably what makes them so perfect, I always save the top half for last when I'm eating them. They're one of the first things I started making, and I'm not about to stop. I know I'll still be baking these in twenty years time, and they'll still taste just as good :)