Teddy Bear Shaped SCONE

A friend told me that best scone in Australia can be found in a restaurant at Blue Mountains. Well to get there it would cost me an hour and a half drive from our place just to buy those scones. Then I have tasted the home made scone in another friend’s house and I think it was good. So I have decided to make my own scone too. Considering the baking tips of my friends on how to make it, here is my first ever home made SCONE. And I am very satisfied with the end result. By the way, a scone is usually a round shape. Mine was shaped like a Teddy Bear because my little assistant insisted to use the bear cutter.

Ingredients: (Serves 4-6 people)

2 cups self raising flour
¼ cup caster sugar
30g butter (cut into small squares, room temperature)
1 egg
½ cup milk (room temperature)
Extra self raising flour

Instructions:
Put the self raising flour into a medium size bowl. Rub butter into flour. Add the caster sugar, egg and milk. Combine with your hands until mixture is soft and not sticky.

Put the dough onto a floured board. Knead the dough until smooth. You may use your hand palm or a rolling pin to shape the dough about 2 cm think. Use a scone cutter or any round cutter (or in my case a teddy bear shape cutter) to cut the dough. Use the leftover dough by shaping it again and cutting to make into scone.

Place the scone on a tray with sides almost touching each other (for softer sided scone) or 1 cm apart (for crispy sided scone). Place the tray in a preheated oven (200c) for 12-15 minutes or until scones are golden brown. Serve with Jams, and thick cream or fresh whipped cream or just a shake of icing sugar on top.