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You can cook them over a fire
Girdle scones (aka griddle scones)
Lorraine Middleton
This is a very versatile and flexible recipe. You can make it up as a dry mix at home to take with you. I use my food processor, replacing the butter with margarine (which keeps better). Ingredients can be substituted, you can leave out the milk powder and just use milk when making them. I have also used lemonade and cream in place of the milk and butter, which worked well too.
They can be cooked in a lidded frypan (my preference), on a hotplate or on a BBQ griddle.
Ingredients
2 heaped cups flour
3 rounded tsp baking powder
3 Tbsp butter or margarine
1/4 cup trim milk powder
plus chilled water to make 1 cup
OR 1 cup milk
Method
◗ Melt butter, leave to cool a little then add chilled water or milk.
◗ Add flour and baking powder and mix with a butter knife into a fairly soft dough (don’t over mix) adding more water if needed.
◗ Pat dough out to 2cm thick (approx) and cut into shapes to fit the pan.
◗ Cook over medium to low heat 5 to 7 mins each side until golden.
To serve, split open and add your favourite toppings.
Cook over a fire
These are also great with the mixture twirled around and over the end (important!) of a stick. I use bamboo stakes. Cook over a fire.
When cooked, pull out the stick and drop butter and golden syrup into the hole (we made that end so the butter and syrup don’t drip through). ◼️
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9 Spring 2024
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