Lemon and Poppy Seeds Scones

Ingredients

• 250 g all purpose flour (plus more for dusting)
• 40 g sugar (plus extra for topping)
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp poppy seeds
• 1 lemon zest
• 80 g unsalted butter
• 100 ml milk
• 20 ml lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1

   Mix all the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, poppy seeds and lemon zest). For zesting I use a microplane or the fine side of a grater.

2. 2

   Add the butter in cubes and freshly removed from the fridge and use your fingers to pinch the butter into the flour until you get a wet sand-like texture and no large lumps of butter remain. For further reference watch the YouTube video :)

3. 3

   Make a hole in the center and add the lemon juice and milk. Mix first with a spatula and then finish to incorporate with you hands.

4. 4

   Let rest for 30min in the fridge covered in cling film.

5. 5

   Roll out the dough to 2cm thickness and cut out the scones. I used a 7cm cutter. You can also do triangles with a knife.

6. 6

   They go into a pre-heated oven at 180C for 20min or until nice and golden.

7. 7

   Serve warm with butter and honey :)