ENGLISH SCONES GLUTEN FREE
Ingredients
  • 300g or 2⅓ cups Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 plain gluten free baking flour
  • 1½ tbs baking powder
  • 2 tbs caster sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 80g chilled unsalted butter, chopped
  • 1 egg, lightly whisked
  • 200mL buttermilk*
  • * If you don't have buttermilk just add 2 tsp lemon juice to 200mL milk and let it sit for 5 min until milk curdles.
Instructions
Conventional Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180c.
  2. In a bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Rub in butter with fingertips until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
  3. Make a well in the centre. Pour in milk and egg and stir to combine.
  4. Turn out dough onto a generously floured surface or sheet of baking paper and roll to a 3cm thickness. Use a 5cm round cutter to cut out scones.
  5. Place on a lined baking tray side by side to help scones rise. Brush with milk.
  6. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Serve with jam and cream.
Thermomix Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180c.
  2. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in Thermomix bowl and mix 3 sec/speed 5. Add butter and mix 3 sec/speed 4 until butter resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
  3. Add milk and egg and mix 8 sec/speed 4 until just incorporated.
  4. Turn out dough onto a generously floured surface or sheet of baking paper and roll to a 3cm thickness. Use a 5cm round cutter to cut out scones.
  5. Place on a lined baking tray side by side to help scones rise. Brush with milk.
  6. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Serve with jam and cream.
Recipe by Helen Tzouganatos at https://helentzouganatos.com/english-scones-gluten-free-recipe/