Ingredients
2 cups flour
4 level tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 Tbsp culinary lavender *
½ stick cold butter cut into very small cubes
2/3 cups milk
1 Tbsp lemon juice
*NB- non-culinary lavender can be poisonous!!
For icing:
lemon juice
icing sugar
Preparation
Heat the oven to 400°F Grease a baking sheet.
Thoroughly combine dry ingredients ie. flour, baking powder, salt and lavender in large bowl.
Quickly rub the butter into the flour until largest butter chucks are pea-sized. (alternatively in food processor or with pastry cutter)
Do not over-mix or over rub butter, work quickly.
Mix milk with lemon juice and lest rest for a minute or two. Stir in enough milk to make a soft, dough.
Knead dough just until it holds together.
Gather dough into cake-shaped mound and cut into 6 pieces
Cut scones with very sharp knife, do not squish.
Bake near the top of the hot oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown and well risen.
Cool on a wire rack.
For icing: -mix lemon juice with enough icing sugar until quite thick -apply to cooled scones. Approx 1/2 lemon adequate for one scone batch
