Black Treacle Scones Food

TREACLE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Sift the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and sugar into a bowl. Rub in butter until it is in crumb-sized pieces. Make a well in the center and pour in the treacle and milk. Stir into a soft dough. Roll out on a floured surface and cut in to rounds with a biscuit cutter. Place on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the bottoms are lightly browned.

TREACLE SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F or Gas Mark 7 and grease a baking sheet.
• Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the butter.
• Mix in the sugar and cinnamon.
• Add the treacle or molasses and sufficient milk to make soft dough.
• Turn on to a floured surface and knead gently- the dough should be fairly moist and elastic.
• Roll out to about ½-inch thick, and cut into rounds with a 2½-inch pastry cutter.
• Place on the baking sheet, brush with a little milk and bake for 10-15 minutes until golden in coIour.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Serve split in half and buttered.
• Store at room temperature in an airtight container.

DELICIOUS TREACLE SCONES RECIPE

Steps:

• Line a baking tray with baking paper and preheat the oven to 190C.
• Sieve the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Whisk well to combine.
• Add the butter and rub this into the flour with your fingertips until well incorporated.
• Add the milk and treacle to a saucepan and stir together over a medium heat until combined.
• Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and pour in the milk/treacle mixture.
• Stir with a wooden spoon until everything comes together into a soft dough. You can switch to using your hands once the dough is no longer sticky.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a ball. Then using your hands or a rolling pin, squash it down into a disk approx. 1 inch thick.
• Dip a round metal cutter into your flour, then use it to cut rounds out of the dough. You may need to regather and squash down the dough a few times.
• Place the scones onto your prepared baking sheet. You can brush the tops with some milk for a shiny finish if desired.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes or until risen and golden.
• Transfer the scones to a wire rack to cool before serving with butter, jam, clotted cream or your favourite toppings.

TREACLE SCONES FROM ENGLAND

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Set an oven shelf in the top third of the oven for baking.
• Sift the flour, salt, baking soda, cream of tartar, cinnamon and mixed spice into a large bowl. Rub in butter until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. In a small saucepan, gently heat the milk and stir in the sugar and treacle until dissolved. Remove from the heat and pour into the dry ingredients. Stir until it turns into a soft dough.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead lightly until smooth. Use a rolling pin to roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into 2 inch circles, rerolling dough until it has all been used. Place the scones on a lightly greased or floured baking sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Serve split. Don't use a knife to split them, rather pull them apart into two halves gently with your hands.

TREACLE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F. Sift flour, dark brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and salt into large bowl. Add dried currants. Melt 1/4 cup unsalted butter with dark molasses in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Combine molasses mixture with buttermilk and pour into dry ingredients. Mix dough until just blended.
• Gently knead dough on generously floured surface until smooth, about 20 turns. Divide dough in half. Pat out each dough piece into 5-inch-diameter round. Cut each dough round into 4 wedges. Transfer dough wedges to ungreased cookie sheet, spacing 2 inches apart. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake until scones are just firm to touch, about 20 minutes. Serve scones hot.