Chirstmas Calendar 2016 - Cinnamon orange scones

It is about time, that I bake some scones for this Christmas Calendar of 2016 with focus on afternoon tea. These scones could be served with butter, clementine curd and tea/coffee.

I really the taste of the scones, which was fantastic. However, I was not to happy about the texture of the scones dough, so I would next time use this recipe on classic scones as starting point.

Cinnamon orange scones: - xx scones

• 350 g (cake) flour
• 100 g butter - diced into smaller pieces
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 50 g sugar
• 75 ml milk
• 1 egg
• 1 organic orange - both the zest juice approx 75 ml orange juice
• 50 g sucred orange peel (sucat)
• 1½ teaspoon cinnamon
• milk or egg for glazing

1. Heat up the fan oven to 200'C.
2. Add all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl.
3. Add the butter pieces and rub the butter into the flour mix, until it look like fine breadcrumbs,
4. Whip the milk, orange juice and egg together and add it the dry ingredients. Combine it into a homogeneous looking mass using a eating knife.
5. Leave it to rest for 10-15 minutes. 
6. Press the scone dough into a height of 3-4 cm. 
7. Use a small cutter or glass to cut out the scones, which is placed on a baking tray covered with baking paper.
8. Glaze the scones with milk or whipped egg.
9. Bake at 200'C for 12-15 minutes.
10. Cold down on a baking rack.
11. Serve together with butter and clementine curd.