Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lemonade Scones - sweet and savoury

I've got my standard cheese scone recipe that we use a lot but my little person wanted sweet scones so I hunted out this recipe that seems to be a bit of a kiwi favourite.
These were for lunch so I halved the recipe and left one lot plain (and slightly sweet) and mixed in capsicum, sundried tomato and a hunk of brie (left over from snacks on a previous day) chopped up.
A great way to meet the tastes of all of the family.
I discovered I didn't have enough self raising flour so hunted out the recipe for a substitute...it's included after the scone recipe.

Lemonade Scones

Ingredients

  • 4 cups self-raising flour, sifted
  • pinch of salt
  • 300 ml cream
  • 300 ml lemonade or soda water

  • Method
1. Preheat oven to 220°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Sift flour and salt into a bowl. Make a well. Pour the cream and lemonade or soda water into the dry ingredients and mix together to form a soft dough.
3. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured bench, dust lightly with flour and gently roll out into a rectangle. Cut into approximately 12 pieces and lift each onto the baking tray.
4. Bake in a preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and cool inside a clean tea towel to help keep their freshness.



Self Raising Flour Substitute

  1. Using a dry measure, measure the desired amount of flour into a separate container.
  2. For each cup of all-purpose flour, add 1 1/4 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
  3. Mix to combine.

Tips:

  1. You can use self-rising flour in yeast bread recipes, but you'll need to omit the salt.
  2. If you use self-rising flour as a substitute for all-purpose flour in a quick bread, omit salt and baking powder.




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