Light Fluffy Raisin Milk scones

Name: Light Fluffy Raisin Milk scones
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 12-15 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 cups cake flour; 1/2 cup sugar; 3 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1/2 tsp salt (optional); 125 g baking margarine (or butter); 1 cup milk + 2 Tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp lemon extract (or any preferred flavoring); 1/2 cup raisins; 1 egg for the egg wash

Bianca Mwale @bianca_eatsy

Zomba, Malawi

I’m in my fluffy Milkscones era with this blessing of a recipe from Nkati’s sweet treats (a baker I follow on TikTok). Learning from watching and her random tips here and there, I might have just mastered the art - or I’m at least getting there. I hope you can try this recipe and see for yourself. I’ve taught myself to use it as a base and customize it with different fruits and flavors as I fancy.

Bianca Mwale @bianca_eatsy

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Ingredients

30 minutes

12-15 servings

3 cupscake flour
1/2 cupsugar
3 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspbicarbonate of soda
1/2 tspsalt (optional)
125 gbaking margarine (or butter)
1 cupmilk + 2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsplemon extract (or any preferred flavoring)
1/2 cupraisins
1egg for the egg wash

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Mix milk and lemon juice. Let stand to curdle

Buttermilk substitute
2

Preheat oven to 200C. Grease a cookie sheet with butter, dust it up with flour and set aside
3

In a large bowl, whisk dry ingredients to thoroughly mix
4

Rub butter into dry mixture until resembling breadcrumbs. Pour in the milk, flavoring and raisins. Mix and bring dough together with your hands. DO NOT OVERMIX
5

Flour your countertop and roll your dough about 3.5cm thick. Cut into shapes using a preferred cutter or knife
6

Lay on the prepared sheet, whisk the egg and brush it onto the scones
7

Bake for 20 minutes depending on how thick you cut your scones. Check that the bottoms are browned and the tops lightly browned
8

Let scones cool completely on a rack to keep from getting soggy. Store in an airtight container and consume within 2 days to have them at their best