Simple Scones.

SCONES. A scone is a single-serving cake or quick bread. They are usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leavening agent, and are baked on sheet pans. They are often lightly sweetened and are occasionally glazed.(source: wikipedia)

Ingredients:
 
2 cups plain flour
1 tbspn baking powder
50 gm cold salted butter, diced
1 egg beaten
1tspn vanilla essence 
1 tbpn caster sugar
1/2 tspn of salt
75 ml milk

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 180°C & place 
2) Sift flour & baking powder together. Add the salt and sugar. Rub in the butter using your fingertips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. 
3) Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture, add in the egg & milk & mix gently to a soft dough & knead the dough. Cover with a dry cloth and leave to rest for 15 min.
4) Next, on a floured surface, roll the dough to abt 2 cm inch in thickness & cut using cookie cutter into 12 circles. (abt 5 cm diameter cookie cutter)
5) transfer the cut dough to baking pan & brush with some egg yolk & bake about 10- 15 mins till golden brown. Serve hot with jam and clotted cream(optional). You can also add some raisins in the scones before baking them. Enjoy!