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    Traditional Irish Scones Recipe

    December 8, 2016 By Aarthi 10 Comments

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    Traditional Irish Scones are made with a combination of flour, butter and buttermilk. They make perfect flaky scones.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    1. 📖 Recipe
    2. Traditional Irish Scones Recipe
    3. Irish Scones with Step by Step Pictures

    Scones Recipe

    This is my first ever scones recipe. I have made it before, it is a candied ginger flavoured one. But i didn't take pictures of it. So i decided to make for this season and share it. This is a basic irish scones recipe and it taste amazing. So buttery and delicious.

    You can serve this with jam and whipped cream, it taste amazing. I will be sharing a eggless version soon.

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    Ingredients for Irish Scones

    Making a traditional irish scones is so easy to make and you get the flaky scones. Scones taste so amazing with jam and clotted cream.

    All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 ¾ cup (210 grams)
    Sugar - ¼ cup (50 grams)
    Baking Powder - 2 tsp
    Salt - ½ tsp
    Cold Unsalted Butter - 5 tblspn cubed
    Milk - ½ cup / 120 ml
    Egg - 1
    Raisins - ⅓ cup (optional)

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    Irish Scones Preparation

    1. Preheat oven to 425 degree C / 220 degree F.
    2. Mix egg and milk together and put it in fridge till needed.
    3. Take flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl and mix well.
    4. Add in cubed cold butter into it and use a fork to mix it into the flour to create crumble like. Add in raisins and mix well.
    5. Now add in the wet ingredients and use the fork to bring it together.
    6. Now take it in a work surface and flatten it. Use a cookie cutter to cut out scone shapes.
    7. Now arrange it in a baking tray and brush with the remaining milk and egg mix. Sprinkle top with some sugar and bake for 14 to 17 mins.
    8. Now remove from oven and cool slightly. Serve with jam and cream.
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    Traditional Irish Scones Recipe

    Traditional Irish Scones are made with a combination of flour, butter and buttermilk. They make perfect flaky scones.
    3.60 from 10 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Servings: 15 scones

    Ingredients

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 ¾ cup 210 grams
    • Sugar - ¼ cup 50 grams
    • Baking Powder - 2 tsp
    • Salt - ½ tsp
    • Cold Unsalted Butter - 5 tblspn cubed
    • Milk - ½ cup / 120 ml
    • Egg - 1
    • Raisins - ⅓ cup optional

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 425 degree C / 220 degree F.
    • Mix egg and milk together and put it in fridge till needed.
    • Take flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl and mix well.
    • Add in cubed cold butter into it and use a fork to mix it into the flour to create crumble like. Add in raisins and mix well.
    • Now add in the wet ingredients and use the fork to bring it together.
    • Take it in a work surface and flatten it. Use a cookie cutter to cut out scone shapes.
    • Now arrange it in a baking tray and brush with the remaining milk and egg mix. Sprinkle top with some sugar and bake for 14 to 17 mins.
    • Now remove from oven and cool slightly. Serve with jam and cream.

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    Irish Scones with Step by Step Pictures

     
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    take egg in a bowl

     

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    add milk

     

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    whisk well, put this in fridge till needed

     

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    take flour in a bowl

     

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    add sugar

     

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    add salt and baking powder

     

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    mix well

     

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    i used a fork to mix well

     

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    add cubed cold butter

     

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    use a fork to mix the butter into the flour

     

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    now it is all mixed up

     

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    the mixture will be coarse

     

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    add the egg mix

     

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    mix well

     

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    bring it together

     

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    done

     

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    put it in a floured surface

     

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    use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes

     

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    like this

     

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    arrange it in a baking pan

     

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    brush the top with the remaining milk and egg mix

     

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    sprinkle top with sugar

     

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    time to bake

     

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    done

     

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    Serve

     

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    taste amazing with jam

     

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    Comments

    1. Anonymous

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      Can v make ds in cooker??

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    2. Bianca

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      Just made them.
      They turned out great.
      Thx for the recipe and pictures.

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    3. Rebecca David

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      Where’s the candied ginger in your recipe? As mentioned in your blog.

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    4. Susan

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      I think the 450 would be the Fahrenheit and 220 the Celsius.

      How much of the egg mixture would be left for the topping?

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    5. Nancy

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      How much of the egg and milk mixture should you put into the flour mix to have enough left to brush on the biscuits afterward?????

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      • Aarthi

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        Just leave 2 tblsp egg mix and add remaining in

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    6. Maggie

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      Made this and they were delicious! Thanks for the recipe!

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    7. Drew Davidson

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      What a strange recipe.Why do you think these are Irish.
      I am an Irish baker.

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    8. Mary

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      5 stars
      I made these they were good but how do you prevent the bottom from getting too done?

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    9. Carolyn

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      3 stars
      Mine weren't very thick and the bottoms were burnt!

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