Lemon Scones

Ingredients

500 gr all-purpose flour sifted
3 times with
2 tbs baking powder
50 gr sugar
1 gr salt
18 gr lemon peel
1 stick
2 eggs
160 ml milk

Instructions

Makes 16 to 20 Preheat oven to 230ÂșC . Grease and flour baking sheets. Sift flour, sugar and salt into deep bowl. Stir in peel. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Blend in eggs and just enough milk or buttermilk to form soft but not sticky dough. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. Gently roll or pat dough to about 1 cm thickness, lightly flouring as necessary to prevent sticking. Cut out rounds using 5 cm flourd biscuit cutter. Set 1 cm apart on prepared baking sheets. Brush with cream. Bake until scones are golden brown, dozen to 15 minutes. Bon Appetite