Candlebridge Bakery Old Fashioned Vanilla Cream Scones

I decided to modernize an old family favourite recipe by indulging in my favourite essences and flavours..vanilla! I also love cream so I used some gorgeous rich powdered cream!

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   Preheat Oven to 180oC and butter grease your baking tray

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   Sieve the self raising flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla sugar, powdered cream together and stir well

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   Add cubes of cold butter and begin rubbing the butter into the flour until the mixture is nice and crumbly

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   Make a well in the crumble and add your vanilla milk mix and mix to a nice dough.

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   You'll find that the scone dough is s.ofter than normal

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   On a well floured board, place your dough on top and begin kneading it in a whole round shape and then pat it down until it's an INCH in height

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   It's your decision whether you use a wide scone cutter or similar (normally the rim of a glass tumbler) to cut out your scones, or you can simply take some of the dough and shape it anyway you like but the height needs to be an INCH!

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   Place your scones on the baking tray about an inch apart!

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   For the glaze. Mix some melted butter with some cold milk and using your pastry brush, paint each scone and then shake over some of the vanilla sugar

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    Place in the oven for 12-15 minutes but check them after TWELVE MINUTES and remove them from the oven if the scone base sounds hollow when gently tapped and the tops are golden!

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    Best served with freshly made cup of tea with a plate of soft butter and your favourite jam to hand so that you can slice up one of these scones straight from the oven and watch the steam rising.
    
    
    *Original recipe from The Candlebridge Bakery, Ireland - April 14 2010 *