If you like, you can add raisins or chocolate chips to the ingredients.
Preheat the oven to 225 degrees (top / bottom heat).
Put all ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir with the dough hook of the hand mixer. Knead the dough into a ball and let it rest in the refrigerator for 10 minutes covered.
Then shape the dough into small balls, flatten them a little and place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Let rest for another 5 minutes, then bake for 12 to 15 minutes until golden yellow.
Let cool a little until the scones are lukewarm, then cut open. Butter the halves and coat with strawberry jam. Put a dollop of double cream or clotted cream on top. This goes well with tea with cream and sugar.
British pastry recipe served with butter and jam for morning tea. Traditionally for scones, not very sweet shortbread dough with milk is kneaded, the process is very simple. Due to repeated folding and stretching, the dough in the finished baked goods bec...