How to Make Bran Scones
This is a delicious breakfast treat made in 30 minutes total. It's also good with soup and can be frozen.
[edit] Ingredients
- Plain (or self raising flour)
- Heaped Tablespoons of bran flakes
- Level tablespoon of sugar
- ½oz margarine
- 2 level teaspoons of baking powder (only 1 if using self raising flour)
- Egg made up to 6 fl.oz with milk
- Pinch of salt
[edit] Steps
- Sift flour into bowl and add other dry ingredients mix lightly.
- Rub in margarine to fine crumb state.
- Crack egg into measuring jug and make up to 6 fluidoz with milk.
- Whisk egg into milk.
- Add milk/egg mixture to bowl and stir in to create a slightly sticky dough.
- Flour a 14" baking tray.
- Split the dough into two equal parts and with well floured hands take one piece and form it into a round about 1" thick, place this on the floured baking tray and flatten further to just over ½" thick, with a knife make two cuts across the dough to divide it into 4 equal segments. Repeat with second half of the dough.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 230ºC (450ºF) for approx 15 minutes.
[edit] Tips
- These scones are delicious for breakfast with lashing of butter and marmalade or with a nice bowl of home made soup for lunch.
- They can be frozen and one scone takes about 30 seconds to defrost in a microwave at full power (700W). They are also nice defrosted cut open and toasted.
- Make a batch on Sunday morning and have two for breakfast, then freeze the other 6 and you can have a delicious bran scone for breakfast each morning Monday to Saturday.
