Apple Sugar and Spice Scones

These sweet apple scones are excellent for morning or afternoon tea.

Ingredients make 15

470 g self raising flour

100 g caster sugar

1 tbls mixed spice

8 g salt

135 g unsalted butter

300 ml milk

165 g finely chopped apple

Method

Preheat oven to 200ºC fan forced (220ºC normal bake). Place flour, sugar, mixed spice and salt in a bowl and blend. Shred cold butter and use your hands to rub the butter into the flour until it resembles bread crumbs. In another bowl combine milk and diced apple. Add this mix to the flour and combine with a scraper or hands. Place on a workbench dusted with flour and roll or press out to a thickness of approx. 25 mm. Cut scones with a cutter 5 cm. in diameter. Place on lightly greased flat baking tray and bake in the oven approx 12 min. Dust with icing sugar.

Note: Try other fruit such as pear and add chopped nuts as well.