Kathryn Salter, of Chatton, serves her scones at the annual Merrydowns on-farm ram sale in West Otago last week. Photo: Shawn McAvinue
3 cups of plain flour
6 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
120g of butter melted
1½ cups of standard milk
¾ cup of fresh cream
Method
1. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl.
2. Add the butter, milk and cream to the bowl.
3. Mix contents of bowl to a dough.
4. Put dough on an oven tray and mould dough into a square slab.
5. Bake slab in an oven pre-heated to 150degC on fan bake for 10-15 minutes.
6. Remove the slab from oven when its top turns a light brown.
7. Cut slab into squares.
8. Cut squares in half and spread butter, jam and fresh whipped cream on them.
Baker’s disclaimer: "All care, no responsibility and no correspondence will be entered into."
