Irish Scones Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 400 degrees and coat a baking sheet lightly with non-stick cooking spray.
• Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into large bowl. Use a pastry blender or your fingers to work the butter into the dry mixture. It should resemble very fine breadcrumbs when done.
• Add raisins or currants.
• Whisk the milk and egg together.
• Add almost all of it to flour mixture - reserve about 3 tablespoons.
• Mix with a fork, but do NOT overmix or the scones will be tough.
• If the dough seems dry add the rest, if not reserve for later.
• Sprinkle a little flour on your countertop and dump out the dough.
• Knead a few times then shape into a large thick circle - about 2 inches thick.
• Using a biscuit cutter or glass cut into circles, gently re-rolling the dough to make more as needed.
• If you have any milk mixture left, pour into a small bowl.
• If not just add about 1/4 cup milk into bowl. Dip your cut scones into milk and place on baking sheet. Sprinkle tops with sugar.
• Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 10 minutes then turn pan and bake additional 3-5 minutes to a light golden brown.
• Allow to cool 5 minutes on wire rack.
• Serve with butter and your favourite preserves or jam.