Step 2

Preheat the oven to 220ºC.

Step 5

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Cut butter in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Step 8

Add 1 cup milk and mix quickly with a knife to a soft dough, adding more milk if needed. Knead a few times.

Step 11

Lightly dust an oven tray with flour. Press scone mix out on floured bench or tray, cut into 12 even-sized pieces.

Step 14

Place on oven tray, brush tops with milk and place in top half of oven to bake.

Step 17

Bake scones for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

Step 19

Tip: Cooling on a rack will give your crisp crusts, while covering them with a clean tea towel will give a soft scone.