Buttermilk Scones 3 cups Flour ⅓ cup Sugar 2½ tsp Baking Powder ¾ tsp Salt 150 g Butter 1 cup Buttermilk ½ tsp Baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) Glaze 1 tbsp Cream ¼ tsp Cinnamon

Buttermilk Scones
- 3 cups Flour
- ⅓ cup Sugar
- 2½ tsp Baking Powder
- ¾ tsp Salt
- 150 g Butter
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- ½ tsp Baking soda (bicarbonate of soda)
Glaze
- 1 tbsp Cream
- ¼ tsp Cinnamon
- 2 tbsp Sugar
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Preheat the oven to 200ºC
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Use ungreased baking sheet
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Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl
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Stir well with a fork and aerate
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Add the butter and cut into the flour mixture, using a pastry blender or two knives, or work in, using your fingertips, until the mixture looks like bread crumbs
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Add the buttermilk
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Mix only until the mixture looks like fresh bread crumbs
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Gather the dough into a ball and press so it holds together
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Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface
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Knead lightly 12 Times.Pat the dough into a circle ½ inch thick
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Brush the dough with the glaze
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Cut the dough into 18 pie shaped pieces
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Place the scones 1 inch apart on the baking sheet
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Bake for about 12mins or until the tops are brown
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Can be served hot or cold
Glaze
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In a small bowl combine the cream, cinnamon and sugar, stir to blend
If desired you can also add currants and grated orange rind to the mixture