Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Makes: 8
Ingredients
| 375 g | plain flour | |
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| 75 g | sugar + 1½ tbsp sugar (for sprinkling) | |
| 1½ tbsp | baking powder | |
| ¼ +⅛ | salt | |
| 60 g | cold butter | |
| 1½ | QL Omega Eggs | |
| 270 ml | whipping cream + 1½ tbsp whipping cream (for brushing) | |
Whipped Cream: | ||
| 240 ml | whipping cream | |
| 1 tsp | vanilla essence | |
| 4 tbsp | sugar | |
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- In a bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Cut the butter into the dry ingredients with a pastry blender or fork.
- Whisk the QL Omega Egg into the whipping cream. Make a hole in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the cream mixture. Mix with a fork until the ingredients stick together.
- Dust a worktop with some flour and pat the dough out to a thickness of about 1 to 1¼ inches. Cut into rounds with a cutter.
- Place the dough onto a baking tray that has been lined with parchment paper. Brush the tops with some cream. Sprinkle with a little sugar. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove to a wire rack.
- To make the whipping cream, whip together the whipping cream, vanilla essence and sugar until soft peak. Serve with scones.
QL Omega & QL Deli Fresh eggs are available at major hypermarkets and supermarkets. For more information on QL Eggs, click here.
