Very British Scones

in my capacity as a 'food blogger' i decided that it'd be irresponsible to microwave frozen pizza for breakfast on a daily basis so i baked scones today! plain scones because i didn't have fruits/scone flavouring ingredients lying around the house in fact i almost couldn't bake any at all because i found bugs in my stash of all purpose flour (refrigerate flour it lasts longer and bugs wouldn't get to them) luckily my self raising flour was fine overall an easy recipe i liked my scones try this

plain scones (from here)

makes 9

200g self raising flour (or 200g all purpose flour + 1.5 tsp baking powder + 0.5 tsp salt)

2.5 tbsp sugar

60g butter

150g milk

1 egg

preheat oven to 220 degree celsius 

mix flour and sugar together

cube butter and stir it in till butter cubes are at least pea size (use fingers if necessary)

add milk into mixture and mix well (add flour if too watery) - dough is formed

on a floured surface, knead dough (flour hands first!) and roll dough into a disc (~2 - 3 cm thick)

using a cookie cutter cut into dough and place cutouts onto a buttered tray [first photograph below]

repeat the previous two steps until dough is finished 

separate yolk from white then add 1 tbsp of milk into yolk and stir [second photograph below]

coat top surfaces with milk + yolk mixture for a golden finish

place tray into oven and bake for ~12-15 min [third photograph below]

serve warm and enjoy with jam and tea

i had my scones with iced earl gray latte and strawberry jam