Plain Scones
Heavy cream and fruit jam come together in this dish — 60 minutes, 7 steps, and the kind of result worth repeating. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and whisk. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention.
What you'll need
Shopping list (2)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: not verified. We could not confirm fruit jam from the ingredient list, so we make no dietary claim for this recipe.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 200 C (400 F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, salt, and caster sugar.
- Cut the cold butter into small cubes and rub it into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
- In a separate jug, beat the egg with the heavy cream, then pour most of it into the flour mixture and stir gently until a soft dough just comes together, reserving a little for glazing.
- Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface, pat it out to about 2.5 cm thick, and cut out rounds with a floured cutter, gathering scraps to cut more.
- Place the scones on the prepared sheet, brush the tops with the reserved egg and cream, and bake for 12 to 15 minutes until well risen and golden.
- Cool on a wire rack for a few minutes and serve warm, split and spread with fruit jam.
You'll use: Oven · Whisk · Baking sheet
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Heavy Cream
- evaporated milk · ½ cup milk + ¼ cup melted butter · full-fat coconut milk
Tips & common questions
How long does Plain Scones take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 8 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Plain Scones suitable for my diet?
We make no dietary claim for this recipe: at least one ingredient could not be resolved to a definite plant or animal source, so labelling it either way would be a guess. The full ingredient list is above.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Plain Scones is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Plain filled scone jam first.jpg by Tangerinedream7, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.