Oven 16-18 minutes or Air Fryer 12-13 minutes
6-8 scones
Egg,Nuts
Vegetarian
Plain Scones
Oven 16-18 minutes or Air Fryer 12-13 minutes
6-8 scones
Egg,Nuts
Vegetarian
About this recipe:
Home made plain white scones are easy to mix and bake in the oven or air fryer. Serve scones cold, warmed or toasted with butter, cheese or honey. And for a traditional treat, split and top the scones with jam and thick cream.
Equipment:
large baking tray for oven or metal plate, foil or parchment for air fryer, 3cm/1¼ inch round cookie cutter and 2 x mixing bowls
Ingredients:
200g Doves Farm Organic Plain White Flour
4 tsp Doves Farm Baking Powder
1 tbsp sugar
50g butter
150ml milk
flour, for dusting
milk, for brushing
Method:
- Preheat the oven or see note below for air fryer baking.
- Dust a large baking tray with flour.
- Measure the flour, baking powder and sugar into a bowl, stir to combine and sieve into a mixing bowl.
- Chop the butter into the bowl and using a fork, blend everything together until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the milk to form a soft mass of dough and rest for 3 minutes.
- Dust the dough and work top with flour, tip out the dough, form it into a ball and gently flatten it to 3cm/1¼ inch thick with your hands.
- Press a floured 3cm/1¼ inch round cookie cutter or upturned coffee cup into the dough to cut out circles.
- Gather up and squeeze together any offcuts, then flatten and cut more circles.
- Brush the dough circles with milk.
- Lift the dough circles onto the baking tray.
- Oven bake for 16-18 minutes or see note below for baking in an air fryer.
Air Fryer Baking
- Preheat the air fryer to 180°C for 3 minutes before baking.
- Bake on a metal plate, foil or parchment allowing space for the air to circulate.
- Bake for 12-13 minutes in one or two batches depending on air fryer size.
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Lin
First time making scones! But I was getting desperate for gluten free scones! The scones tasted good but flat as I didn’t measure properly the thickness. I’ll remember next time. I made 6 scones out of the recipe but maybe should have aimed for 4. I used almond milk and diary free spread. Will make again soon!
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Nicole Wilson
These are super easy to make and are delicious! I only wonder if there's a typo regarding the baking powder (is it not too much?) as I could taste the baking powder in my scones. Apart from that they were lovely. Thanks for this easy recipe.
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Sally B
Delighted with the results, used plant based marg and soya milk, so vegan friendly too. Will add some vanilla next time to mask the baking powder after taste.
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Eric
This is very good
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Marigold Clarke
I have made these with plain gluten free plus 1/2 tsp Xanthan gum sweet & savoury I add roughly 3 tablespoons grated strong cheese plus parmigiana reggiano this gives it extra taste then I serve with cream cheese & fig chutney or of your choice.
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Sylvia Loots
What an excellent result! I made two batches of eight, first batch rose perfectly, the 2nd batch I left the mixture a little softer and the spread a bit more but the texture and flavour of both batches were first class. served with strawberry conserve and clotted cream. Lots of compliments from all with some "best scones ever" comments. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
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Stan
Like someone else fancied a scone for afternoon tea but alas no self raising flour. This recipe worked well,produced 8 scones p!us one straggler to be "checked" straight out the oven. Quick easy and great result
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Mrs Dobson
I had no SR Flour so yours came up on google for plain flour. Oh my they were scrummy ! I had to add more flour as were a bit sticky, I added currents . Lurpack & strawberry jam =delicious Lockdown scones . Thankyou for sharing
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Oscar Graham
nice
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Eva
Incredible recipe, add vanilla extract and its perfect!
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Lisa
First time using this recipe as I normally use the recipe from my 90s dairy cookery book but I didn’t have any self raising flour left. Well I can honestly say this recipe was perfect!! The dough came together beautifully, they tasted perfect! This is my new recipe for any future scone baking. Thank you!
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Elizabeth
I made these for VE Day. Absolutely perfect.
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Jan
I made these scones yesterday, never been very successful making them before when I have tried. But they actually worked and taste yummy! Definitely will be using this recipe again. Thank you!
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Rachel
I don't normally leave reviews, but I made these and they were delicious. I was surprised I made something taste so good! My dough only made 4 scones, not sure what happened there, however I will most definitely be making these again.
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Clare
I made these today for the first time, I did vary the recipe and used Greek yogurt instead of milk. The colour , texture and taste were excellent, but the rise was disappointing. I will attempt another batch soon to go with my homemade strawberry
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Charlotte
They did not go to plan... They smell amazing, but the dough was way to wet and runny. I'll try again, but I don't know where I went wrong...
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Philip
We were delighted with these scones. It's a long time since I made scones but it won't be as long again. A very simple and easy recipe with 'cupboard ingredients' which produces excellent results.
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Mary C
Perfect
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