Christmas scone recipe
Taste the flavour of Christmas wrapped up in one little festive scone. This treat is perfect for warming up after a chilly winter walk with a brew.
Cakes and bakes
Ingredients
- 675g Self raising flour
- 125g Caster sugar
- 170g Butter
- 250ml Milk
- 50g dried cranberries
- 65g Mixed peel
- 1 egg
- 5g Ground cinnamon
- 40g mincemeat
- 20g Sultanas
- Zest of an orange
Method
- Mix the sugar, flour and margarine to a crumb add the peel, mincemeat, cranberries, sultanas, zest and cinnamon and mix together.
- Then add the eggs and milk and mix until the mixture starts to come together as a dough. Be conscious of over mixing. You'll notice this if your mixture becomes stiff, losing its softness and elasticity.
- Roll out and portion into 10 portions, brush with an egg mix and cook for 15-20 minutes at 160 degrees celcius.
- Once out of the oven you can brush with melted butter and sprinkle with a little sugar and cinnamon.
