Easy-peasy lemonade scones
1/4 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup thick cream
1/2 cup lemonade
2 tbs milk
Preheat the oven to 220°C. Lightly grease a baking tray.
Place the flour, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl.
Add the cream and lemonade and mix to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured workbench and knead lightly until combined. Don’t knead too much – the less handling you do with scone dough, the better.
Press the dough flat with your hands to a thickness of about 2cm. Use a 6cm round cutter to cut out 8 scones, place on baking tray so they are almost touching and brush the tops with a little milk.
You can reform the remaining dough and cut another couple of rounds. Then, in the interests of not wasting precious lemonade scone dough, I make a ‘runt’ scone with any remaining dough (omit the runt if you’re baking for the CWA.) Bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly browned. Serve warm with your favourite jam. And butter. And Chantilly cream now that I think about it…
Jodie at Mummy Mayhem says
Fabulous! I love scones. They remind me of my youth, because Mum always made them. I make the occasionally too. Never with lemonade though – so will have to give that a go!
You should see my house. The wet weather has caused a flurry with my boys to rediscover their hidden toys. Lots of cleaning up ahead for me today. *sigh*
Jess says
Love a nice afternoon tea with scones and treats :o) Girls LOVE sparkly shoes… those ones are too cute!