Date Scones

Name: Date Scones
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour; 2 tbsp caster sugar; pinch salt; 50g cold butter, cubed; 3/4 cup buttermilk; 150g pitted dates, chopped; butter and jam to serve

Soft, plump buttermilk scones studded with sweet chopped dates, rubbed together with cold butter for a light, tender crumb, best served warm with butter and jam.

Total time

29 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

14 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Australian

vegetarian

Ingredients

2 cupsself-raising flour

2 tbspcaster sugar

pinchsalt

50gcold butter, cubed

3/4 cupbuttermilk

150gpitted dates, chopped

butter and jamto serve

Instructions

Mix flour, sugar and salt. Rub in butter.

Stir in dates.

Add buttermilk. Mix until just combined.

Pat to 2cm thick. Cut out rounds.

Bake at 220°C for 12-14 minutes. Serve with butter.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

356

Protein

7.5g

Fat

11.3g

Carbs

56.9g

Fiber

1.9g

Sodium

2362mg

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