Scone with Cream and Jam

Name: Scone with Cream and Jam
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking powder; 50g cold butter, cubed; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 3/4 cup cold buttermilk or milk; 1 egg, beaten for wash; clotted cream and strawberry jam to serve

The classic British cream tea scone, split and piled high with clotted cream and sweet strawberry jam.

Total time

27 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

12 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

2 cupsself-raising flour

1/4 tspsalt

1 tspbaking powder

50gcold butter, cubed

1 tbspcaster sugar

3/4 cupcold buttermilk or milk

1egg, beaten for wash

clotted cream and strawberry jamto serve

Instructions

Mix flour, salt and baking powder. Rub in butter.

Stir in sugar. Add buttermilk and mix until just combined — do not overwork.

Pat to 2.5cm thick. Cut rounds.

Brush with egg. Bake at 220°C for 12 minutes.

Serve warm with jam then clotted cream.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

344

Protein

7.6g

Fat

12.1g

Carbs

52g

Fiber

1.9g

Sodium

632mg

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