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Pantry Provisions - Blueberry Scones
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Pantry Provisions - Blueberry Scones

Course Dessert, High Tea
Keyword afternoon tea, cake, scone
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Equipment

  • cookie cutter

Ingredients

  • 450 g self raising flour plus extra for dusting
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 100 g cold butter cubed
  • 85 g caster sugar
  • 284 ml pot buttermilk
  • 2 tsp vanilla essence
  • A splash of milk
  • 2 handfuls fresh or frozen blueberries. If using frozen don't defrost

Instructions

  • Heat the oven to 220C/Gas 7. Put the flour, salt and butter into a food processor and mix until you have a breadcrumb texture. If you don't have a food processor rub the butter into the flour with your fingers.
  • Pulse or mix in the sugar.
  • In a small saucepan heat the buttermilk slightly with the vanilla. Tip the warmed buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture and pulse together a few times.
  • Tip the mixture onto a floured work surface and bring it together with your hands. Put the blueberries on top and fold in the edges so the blueberries are inside the dough.
  • Turn the dough over and pat it into a rough circle shape. You want the dough to be about 4cm deep. Cut your dough into quarters and then each quarter in half. If using a cutter, stamp out as many scones as you can. Reform the dough and repeat until all the dough is used.
  • Splash a bit of milk into the buttermilk pot and use that mixture to glaze the top of the scones.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and gently risen.