🧈 DATE SCONES (old-school bakery style!)

You know those warm, fluffy scones from country bakeries?
These are exactly like that.

Soft, lightly spiced, packed with sweet dates… and absolutely made for a thick layer of butter.

Perfect for morning tea, lunchboxes or when someone suddenly says
“we should have people over for coffee.” 😅

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🧈 DATE SCONES

Serves: 9
Prep: 10 mins
Bake: 10–12 mins

INGREDIENTS

• 350g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ cup caster sugar
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 85g butter, chilled
• 160g chopped dates
• ⅔ cup milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg (for brushing)

👩‍🍳 METHOD

Preheat oven to 200°C and grease a baking tin.

Rub the butter into the flour, baking powder, sugar and cinnamon until crumbly.

Stir through the chopped dates.

Add the milk and vanilla and mix gently until a soft dough forms.

Press dough to about 3cm thick and cut into rounds.

Place into the tin so they’re slightly touching.

Brush with egg and bake for 10–12 minutes until golden.

Serve warm with plenty of butter.

(And maybe a second one… purely for quality control.)

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