Scones

I decided to do some scones for my dad, so he can have them for this tea break. Easy to do and can simply add some fruits like raisins, cranberries, etc for variation. Lemon or orange zest are good too! Recipe from Australian Women’s Weekly.

Sultana Scones
375g Self-raising flour
1 tbsp caster sugar
30g butter
80g sultana (raisins)
2 tsp lemon zest (optional)
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup water (approx)

1. Preheat oven to 200 degree. Grease a 19cm square pan.
2. Sift flour and sugar in large bowl. Rub in the butter.
3. Stir in the sultanas.
4. Make a well in the centre and add in milk and almost all the water.
5. Use a rubbe spatula and mix. Knead on a floured surface till smooth. If it is too dry, add in more water till you get the consistency. (for me, i didn’t have to add all the water.)
6. Press doughto about 2 cm thick and cut with round cutter.
7. Brush top with milk. And bake for about 15 mins. You can tap on the scones to check, if they are cooked, it should sound a little hollow.

Healthy Buttermilk Pancakes

Made this as breakfast for Ricky. Sorry got no pictures, lend my camera to my uncle.

This is so simple to make and tasty too. Taken the recipe from Sugar Inc. Cakes. She conduct classes for small group of 3. Looks quite interesting.

Makes 4 pancakes.

80 g self raising flour
20 g fine white sugar
100 g buttermilk
50 g egg
1 tsp corn oil

1. Whisk self-raising flour and sugar together.

2. Add the buttermilk, egg and canola oil and whisk the batter until it is smooth.

3. Pour the batter into a frying pan. Cook over low fire for a minute or two, until bubbles cover the surface of the pancake.

4. Flip the pancake.

5. Cook for another minute or so.