Banana Apple and Date Scones

These sweet fruit scones are excellent at breakfast or morning tea.

Ingredients make 15

600 g self raising flour

100 g caster sugar

4 g salt

1 tsp mixed spice

100 g unsalted butter

200 g milk

200 g banana puree

125 g diced apples

100g chopped dates

Method

Preheat oven to 200ºC fan forced (220ºC normal bake). Combine flour, sugar, salt and mixed spice in a large bowl. Add the butter and use your hands to rub into the flour until it resembles bread crumbs. Place milk, banana puree, diced apples and dates in a separate bowl before adding it to the flour mixture. Mixed into a dough, turn onto a lightly floured surface and press out to a thickness of approx. 25mm. 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: Use chopped pears or pineapple instead of apple.