Hot Cross Scones

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 5 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp mixed spice
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 80g butter
• ¼ cups mixed peel
• 1 cups raisins
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• ¼ cup flour (for mix)
• ¼ cup water

Method

Combine 3 cups of flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and spices in a large bowl.

Rub in the butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Stir through the raisins and mixed peel.

Whisk eggs and milk together then quickly mix into dry’s to form a dough.

Tip out onto a floured bench and press into an even rectangle roughly 30x15cm (it doesn’t need to be exact).

Cut the dough into 12 equal pieces then transfer to a floured baking tray. Mix the second measure of flour together with ¼ cup of water to form a paste.

Pour mixture into a piping bag and pipe crosses onto the top of each scone. Bake for 20-25mins at 150°C. Serve with lashings of butter.