Buttermilk Scones
(The Australian Women's Weekly)
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1 tbsp caster sugar
30 gr butter
1 1/4 buttermilk
1. Preheat oven to 220C fan-assisted. Grease deep square cake tin.
2. Sift flour and sugar into large bowl,rub in butter with fingertips.
3. Make well in center of flour mixture add buttermilk. Using a knife "cut" the buttermilk through the flour mixture to mix to a soft, sticky dough. Knead dough on floured surface until smooth.
4. Press dough out to a 2 cm thickness. Dip 4,5 cm cutter into flour, cut as many rounds as you can from the piece of dough. Place scones side by side just touching in tin. Gently knead scraps of dough together, repeat pressing and cutting of dough. Place in the same tin. Brush tops with a little extra milk.
5. Bake scones about 15 mnt or until just browned and scones sound hollow when tapped firmly on the top with fingers.