Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 550 g self-raising flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 100 g butter (cubed, at room temperature)
  • 100 g caster sugar
  • 100 g chocolate chips (Use milk or dark - My family prefer milk chocolate.)
  • 2 eggs
  • 140 ml milk (approx)

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 200°C
  • Put the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and rub the butter in with your fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs.
  • Stir in the sugar
  • Break the egg into a measuring jug. Beat it lightly and then fill to up the 300ml line with milk.
  • Pour the milk into the bowl with the flour and stir it in with a knife until it forms a soft dough.
  • Sprinkle a little flour on the work surface and turn the dough out onto it. Knead for about a minute and then add the chocolate chip and knead them into it.
  • Roll the dough out so it it about 1½-2cm thick.
  • Use a scone cutter to cut out scones and put them on a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper.
  • Bake in the oven for 10 minutes till risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack.