Apple Scones

I grew up with a large number of cooking apple trees in the garden, which meant I spent a lot of time eating apple scones.

Ingredients

• 250g self-raising flour
• 60g unsalted butter
• 2 tbs of caster sugar
• 4 tbs of milk
• 2 small cooking apples, grated

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 220 Celsius
2. Cut the butter into cubes and keep in the freezer before using.
3. Sieve flour into a bowl
4. Cut-Rub the butter into flour until it’s like breadcrumbs.
5. Add the apple and sugar and mix.
6. Add the milk and mix into a ball
7. Roll out the mixture on a floured surface.
8. Cut circles out with a cutter and place them on a greased baking tray.
9. Brush down with milk.
10. Bake for 10 minutes in the oven or until golden
11. Allow to cool on a wire rack