Buttermilk scones.

makes 8 small scones

300g cake flour
15ml baking powder
2ml salt
20g castor sugar
125g COLD butter
100ml buttermilk or sour cream
50ml water
1 egg

Preheat oven to 200c.
Sift all dry ingredients into a bowl. rub in the butter until the mix resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Mix the buttermilk, water and egg together.
Make a well in the centre of the the flour and add the buttermilk mix in portions, mixing with a table knife. The dough must bind into a soft ball and come away from the sides of the bowl.
Lighlty flour a workspace and place the dough on it, lightly pat the dough into a 20mm thick round cake, DO NOT KNEAD. Use a scones cutter or a cake mold to cut out round scones.
Place on a baking tray and cook for 20 minutes.

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