Sig's Simple Fruit Scones
Sig's Simple Fruit Scones

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Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding a generous teaspoon of finely grated lemon rind (zest) to the dry ingredients and substituting dried blueberries for the raisins. Crumbly, rustic, simple fruit scones served with a dollop of clotted cream and strawberry jam. So wonderfully British, so delicious, the taste of Summer!

Sig's Simple Fruit Scones is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Sig's Simple Fruit Scones is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sig's simple fruit scones using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sig's Simple Fruit Scones:
  1. Make ready 450 gr self raising flour
  2. Prepare 120 gr unsalted butter, cold cubed
  3. Take 75 gr castor sugar, or equivalent sugar substitute
  4. Make ready 85 gr dried fruit ie (sultanas, cherries, apricots, cranberries)
  5. Get 1 medium egg, beaten thoroughly
  6. Prepare 200 ml whole milk

Make some warm homemade scones in less than half an hour. These are great scones for a weekend brunch. Scones are the easiest British teatime treat and chances are that you will have all the ingredients for this easy scone recipe already. Brush the tops of the scones with the beaten egg.

Instructions to make Sig's Simple Fruit Scones:
  1. First set to preheat oven at 200 °C. Oil a baking sheet.
  2. Sift flour into bowl, rub in the butter with your fingertips, until it looks like breadcrumbs without any lumps of butter.
  3. Stir in the dried fruit and sugar
  4. Add the egg, slowly add most of the milk setting a little aside for brushing later, mix all until you have worked a soft dough. Do not overwork the dough. Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured board, roll out about 2 or 3 fingers thick. You can roll them out thinner but they wont rise as much and you can sandwich 2 together with cream and jam.
  5. Stamp out rounds with cutter, until pastry is used up. Remember though that smaller ones will bake quicker then the normal sized scones.
  6. Brush the scone tops with milk. Bake for 10 or 15 minutes until they have risen and are golden brown. Scones are served best warm. It really does not matter if you serve with clotted cream spread first or strawberry jam first.

Scones are quick breads with a crumbly texture that are crispy at the edges and soft on the inside. Dried fruit can be replaced with fresh. Add grated cheese and sprinkle paprika on tops for a savoury scone. The joy of scones is that you can make them from storecupboard ingredients and they're ready in half an hour. It's also wonderful on scones, especially fruit scones, seasonal fall scones, and chocolate scones.

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