Chai Tea and Glazed Ginger Scones

Using tea as the liquid will add superb flavours to these sweet scones.

Ingredients make 14

530 g self raising flour

10 g salt

130 g butter

270 ml cold black tea

130 g brown sugar

1 tbls mixed spice

100 g glazed ginger finely chopped

Method

Preheat oven to 200ºC fan forced (220C normal bake). Place flour and salt in a bowl. Cut butter into small cubes and rub into the flour mix with your hands. In another bowl combine brown sugar, mixed spice, black tea and glazed ginger, add this mix to the flour and combine with a scraper or hands. Place the dough on a workbench dusted with flour and roll or press out to a thickness of approx 25mm. Cut scones with a cutter 5 cm. in diameter. Place on lightly greased flat baking tray. Bake in the oven approx 12 min. and dust with icing sugar. Serve warm with custard and whipped cream.

Note: Try adding other ingredients such as dried fruit and toasted nut.