Recipe for scones

Indispensable for afternoon tea in England, but they are also fun to serve at other times:scones.

Ingredients for 10 servings

• 300 g flour
• 50 g butter
• 50 g sugar
• 5 tsp baking powder
• 60 ml milk
• 70 g raisins
• 2 eggs
• Peel of half a lemon

Get started

1. Cut the cold butter into cubes.
2. Put the flour, baking powder, lemon zest, sugar and butter in a food processor. Mix it until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
3. Add the milk and eggs.
4. Mix until a dough forms, but do not mix for too long. Then add the raisins.
5. Dust your work surface with flour and roll out your dough until it is 3 cm thick.
6. With a round shape you can stick out the scones. Place them on a baking tray.
7. Let the scones rest for five minutes and bake them for 5 minutes at 200 degrees. Then set the temperature to 18 degrees and bake them for another 5 to 10 minutes.