Golden Syrup and Apple Scones

These apple scones with golden syrup instead of sugar are excellent with a cup of tea.

Ingredients make 14

500 g self raising flour

10 g salt

150 g unsalted butter

300 ml cultured buttermilk

150 g diced apple

100 g golden syrup

Method

Preheat oven to 200ºC fan forced (220ºC normal bake). Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Add the butter and use your hands to rub the butter into the flour until it resembles bread crumbs. Mix buttermilk, apples and syrup in another bowl. Add this blend to the flour mixture and combined to dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and pat the dough into a 3 cm thickness. Cut the scones out with a 5 cm round scone cutter. Transfer to a lightly floured tray and space approx. a centimetre apart. Bake for approx 12 min. Dust with icing sugar.

Note: Try adding other ingredients such as mixed spice or lemon zest.