I am off bread during the week in an effort to feel less bleh. My daughter wanted a scone today, so rather than buy tempting shop ones, I decided to bake spelt scones. Because they have strawberry soya yogurt in them, these are really sweet and tasty.
The lovely cloth is a bread cloth given to me by writer Valerie Trueblood and hand woven by her friend. It is my newest treasure possession and it got its first use with these scones.
INGREDIENTS
150 g wholemeal spelt flour
50 g porridge oats
2 tbsp olive oil
1 large egg beaten
4 tbsp yogurt (any flavour or plain)
1 heaped tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 200C
Preheat baking tray in oven and sprinkle with flour when ready to use
In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients together and make a well in the middle
Mix the yogurt, oil and egg in a jug, then mix into flour mixture until it forms a dough
Turn out onto a floured surface and shape into a round about 2 inches thick
Cut out scones with a small pastry cutter – about 8 depending on size of cutter
Place on a floured baking tray and bake in the middle of the oven for approx. 20 minutes
Cool on a wire rack
