Title: Plain Oven Scones
Categories: Scottish, Scones
Yield: 4 Servings

8 oz SR flour
2 oz Butter
1 ts Caster sugar
1/4 pt Buttermilk, full cream milk
Or soured milk
pn Salt

Set oven to 450F or Mark 8. Grease and tlour a baking sheet. Sift the dry
ingredients into a bowl and rub in the butter. Add suf icient Of the milk
to make a moist and spongy dough. Turn out on to a floured surface and
knead gently. Roll out to 1/2 inch thickness and cut into rounds with a 2
1/2 inch pastry cutter. Place on the baking sheet. Brush the tops with
milk and bake for 8-10 minutes until risen and light golden in colour. Cool
on a wire rack. Serve split in half with butter and jam.

For rich scones add 1 beaten egg to the dry ingredients before adding
sufficient milk. Brush the tops of the scone with beaten egg rather than
with milk.

From the booklet Scottish Teatime Recipes