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Air Fryer Treacle Scones
Air Fryer Treacle Scones are rich and delicious sweet scones. This simple recipe makes four traditional triangular Scottish scones that are perfect served with butter.
Equipment
- Air Fryer
- medium bowl
- Measuring spoons
- measuring jug
- Pastry brush
- weighing scales
- knife
- baking parchment
- Cooling rack
Ingredients
- 150 grams self-raising flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 40 grams butter
- 25 grams soft brown sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp black treacle molasses
- 60 ml milk
Instructions
- Weigh 150 g (1 cup) self-raising flour into a medium bowl and add ½ tsp of baking powder. Cut 40 g ( 3 tbsp) of butter into small cubes and add to the flour mix.
- Rub the butter gently through the flour with your fingers until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
- Add 25g (2 tbsp) soft brown sugar, pinch of salt and ¼ tsp of ground ginger. Mix gently togther with a spoon or your fingers.
- Preheat the Air fryer if required.
- Measure the 2 tsp treacle (molasses) into a jug with two tablespoons of milk from the 60 ml (¼ cup). Heat in the microwave for 20 seconds and stir to mix the treacle into the milk. If it's not combined then return it to the microwave for a further 20 seconds. Then add the remaining milk to the jug.
- Add the treacle milk to the flour and butter mix.
- Bring the mixture together with a knife and once a soft dough begins to form use your hands to form it into a ball.
- Dust the work surface with a little extra flour and pat the dough out into a flat round disk about 2 cm (1 in) deep and aproximately13 cm (5 in) diameter.
- Cut a cross into the scone dough with a blunt knife creating 4 triangular scones.
- Put a piece of baking parchment in the base of your air fryer and place the four scones on top. Brush the tops of the scones with a little milk and a pastry brush.
- Set the airfryer at 185C and bake the scones for 11 minutes.
- Remove from the air fryer and cool for 5 minutes on a cooling tray/rack.
- Serve warm with butter, jam or cheese.
Notes
Not all air fryers are the same size and like with your oven, temperatures may vary. So you may have to adjust the time or temperature by a little either way. If the scones are not quite baked after 11 minutes, turn them over and reset your air fryer to bake at 185C for 2 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 241kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 5gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 71mgPotassium: 114mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 276IUCalcium: 49mgIron: 0.4mg