Halloween Treacle Scones Traditional Scottish Recipes Treacle Scones Treacle is known as molasses in some parts of the world and it features in a number of Scottish recipes. Ingredients: 8 oz self-raising flour (all-purpose flour with baking powder in USA) 2 oz butter 1 oz caster sugar (fine granulated sugar) Half a teaspoon of cinnamon 2 tablespoons black treacle (molasses) or golden syrup (light corn syrup) Pinch of salt Approximately quarter pint of milk Method: Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the butter. Mix in the sugar, cinnamon, treacle or syrup and enough milk to make a soft dough. Knead this on a floured surface until it is both moist and elastic. Cut into rounds with a 2.5 inch pastry cutter. Grease a baking sheet (cookie sheet) and place the rounds on this. Brush with a little milk and bake for 10/15 minutes in an oven, pre-heated to 425F/220C/Gas Mark 7 until golden brown. Allow to cool on a wire rack and serve split in half with butter.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:42:08 +0000
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