Easiest Way to Make Tasty Devon Scones

Devon Scones. At this year's Exeter Food and Drink Festival, I went to a cooking demonstration by Richard Hunt of the Devon Scone Company on making the perfect scone. Few things say Devon quite like a traditional cream tea. We'll deliver handmade Devonshire scones and scrumptious clotted cream fresh to your door, for an authentic and delicious treat.

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Ingredients of Devon Scones

1. You need 1 lb of Self Raising Flour.
2. It's 2 tsp of Baking Powder.
3. Prepare 3 oz of softened butter or marj.
4. Prepare 2 of large eggs.
5. You need 284 ml of buttermilk.

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Devon Scones instructions

1. Heat oven 200°fan.
2. Rebub in the butter/marg into the self-raising flour and baking powder with hands to make fine breadcrumbs.
3. Beat eggs and buttermilk together. I use a jug or something with a lip to allow you to pour the mixture..
4. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture a little at a time and mix as you do. Don't scrap the egg mixture out, leave a little for later brushing the scones before they are cooked..
5. The mixture will be quite sticky. Being sticky helps them rise better so try not to add to much flour to handle the mixture. Add a tiny amount of flour to a board to roll out the dough to about 3/4"thickness. I use a 2 1/5" cutter. Cut as many as possible then collect the bits left,draw together and roll out, cut more and repeat until ⁰no dough left. I get about 13. Place on a lined baking sheet..
6. Brush top only of each scone with the remains of the milk and egg mixture. Try not to let it go down the sides as this will stop the rising..
7. Bake in oven on middle shelf for 10-15mins..

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