Friday, August 3, 2007

Healthy Black Sesame wholemeal Scone

I like the taste of scone which i bought in the Coffee house very much, taste of wholesome and nutty and they smell so nice, and i decided to give it a try...i searched for very simple and basic recipe of scone, haha..really simple than what i expected! Since there was black sesame in my kitchen, so i modified the recipe (basic scone) to be black sesame wholemeal scone, even healthier version as i cut down the butter content and half of the plain flour was substituted by whole wheat flour, well it taste nice even without the butter spread.

Ingredient:(5 small scones)
a.90g organic whole wheat flour
b.60g organic unbleached plain flour
c.1/4 tsp salt
d.1/2 tsp sugar
e. 1.5 tsp baking powder
f. 20 g or 25 g butter (room temperature)
g. 85 ml milk (room temperature)
h. raisin - optional
i. black sesame - optional

Methods:
1. mix a-e thoroughly.
2. add the butter inside the 1. and rub the butter until breadcrumb texture.
3. add the milk inside the mixture together and mix the mixture with the cutting motion untill the mixture form a soft dough. Remember not to over mix to avoid the production of gluten.
4. Gently knead on a floured surface 6 times. (press and turn, 6times only oh!)
5. Pat into a 9-inch square (1/2 inch thick). Cut into 9 (3-inch) squares. Cut each square diagonally to form 2 triangles. (any shape you like)
6.Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet, and bake until golden brown (less than 15 minutes depending on the size of scone).