How to make perfect English Scones | Cupcake Jemma

Scones. ‘Sconns’. ‘Scoanes’. How ever you like to pronounce it (to rhyme with ‘cons’ is my personal preference), scones rule! They are quintessentially English, so that’s a good start, but they also taste amazing, particularly when smothered with jam and clotted cream.

**Baking time: 190c/375F for 15-20mins**

500g plain flour (plus extra for dusting)
2 rounded tsp baking powder
2 heaped tbsp of caster sugar
1 tsp salt
110g chopped cold unsalted butter
300ml whole milk
1 egg

Optional extras
Clotted Creeeeeeeam
Jammmmmm!

[hongvu]

If you don’t want to use a food processor but don’t have “cold hands”, grate your butter into the flour mix instead. Just make sure your butter is really cold and hard. Learnt this tip from Chef John over at Food Wishes and it works great not just for scones but also pastry doughs and crumbles...any time cold butter is added to a dry flour mix :)

[FerociousSniper]

I've made this recipe twice now, and both times they came out exceptionally well. The second time, I divided the dough into two discs, and sandwiched them together to form a natural separation between the top and bottom halves. It worked marvelously, and they pulled apart perrfectly!

[MrCocabear]

I have tried making these today. They turned out perfect!
I have never baked anything before, so you know how easy they are to bake :D
I halved everything to make a smaller quantity. Took me only 30mjns to do everything.
Used my hands instead of a food processor, tin foil instead of parchment paper( 170c for 20 mins), a knife instead of cookie cutter :D
Bake them now! Nothing to worry about!!

[AngelH]

My grandma always insists to never cut scones with a knife, always break it apart by hand ;-) she's so sweet!

[aldeerylmaz]

A perfect recipe, turned out really delicious and smells amazing. I also added few drops of vanilla extract inside the milk before mixing it into the dough.

[FeerSer]

Great recipe, they taste delicious. A tip that might be useful: Spread the dough in between plastic wrap. Doing it that way you won't need extra flour and therefore your leftovers will be in perfect condition to be used again with no problem.

[PCLHH]

I just baked these scones and they came out great! I just reduced the sugar to one tablespoon, because the scone recipes I know gets no sugar. Also I brushed them with a bit of milk instead of egg. Works just as well.
Thanks for this great recipe and video!

[l.baughman]

Fabulous! I shape mine into a mound then cut across diameter a couple times and end up with triangles. No reshaping or Re-rolling needed as they will turn tough. When I make your version (American “biscuits”) I might cut up left over bits into sections then gently shape around to tidy up. Those are fun for kids or big baking kids as “testing samples”. Yes, that’s it. Testing. All for science!!

[kawtharalsaleh]

HII JEMMA I JUST FINISHED MY SCOONES OMG THEY ARE PERFECT THANK YOU FOR THE RECIPE, ,,, LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

[matiasmeza]

I did them yesterday and they were Perfect. My wife and I had Scones for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Thanks from Argentina!!!

[petermeilak]

in order not to waste any of the dough roll it out into a sausage and cut slices out of it! hate wasting food

[Atheenah]

I pushed the scraps together and one gentle roll. No waste! They are fab!

[julieeeer]

I just made this recipe and oh my gosh!
Some of the best scones I've had in ages. They're so soft on the inside and crunchy and golden on the outside. This was my first time baking scones and it won't be last time I use this recipe. Love it!!!😊

[gezbo]

I make them all the time now and they are brilliant. But, I add 180 grand of butter and put flavouring like rum, butterscotch etc to add a difference and they come out fluffy and tasty indeed. So thanks Gemma. Great work indeed. 😄

[RRLDynamic]

"Just add 300ml of milk right into that hole,
And once it's all come together, but not combined, get rid of your fork and get your hands in there."


Thanks for sharing, I did make your recipe although I was using a stone oven here in the mountains on Crete, I had to use local fresh sheep milk to make the clotted cream which would make another video in itself but all the shepherds I made it for loved it, thanks Jemma.!!

[vh]

Great recipe, I make scones often but don't use a tin, I just roll out the dough and cut them into squares, some are a little smaller than others but it' very rustic looking and they still taste delicious. Thanks for your post.

[tsucqoull]

Just wanted to let you know I still use your recipe till this day whenever I'm in the need for scones and I absolutely love it very glad Ur vid is still up ❤️😊 thank you again 7 years later (2021)

[falconoilcompany]

I love this, it is very well presented, she is natural and is a refreshing change from some of the TV chefs.  As far as jam or cream first goes, the answer for me is Jam on one half and cream on the other then bring them together. lovely

[DrChitta]

where do i get cold hands from?

mine have warm blood flowing in them.

[Crouteceleste]

Thank you for this recipe they were my first scones ever and they turned out perfect ! Almost as good as the ones I had for tea in London, I guess practice makes them even more perfect. The tiny changes I made : I grated my butter frozen (a pain to clean the grater afterwards but easier than to clean my food processor!), I added dried raisins, I cut the ball of dough in pieces like a cake and then rolled them up more rounded delicately, because I had no cutter and to avoid wasting dough.