Air fryer Scones

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Janice Pattie

Air fryer Scones are classic light and fluffy British scones but made in your Air fryer! This simple recipe makes four delicious scones that simply melt in your mouth. Serve them for afternoon tea with jam and cream, or eat these delicious scones straight from the Air fryer with lots of butter.

4.48 from 21 votes

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Course Baking

Cuisine British, Scottish

Servings

Calories 241 kcal

Equipment

Air Fryer
medium bowl
Measuring spoons
measuring jug
Pastry brush
weighing scales
knife
6 cm (2.5 in) plain edge pastry cutter
baking parchment
Cooling rack

Ingredients

150 grams self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
40 grams butter
25 grams caster sugar
60 ml milk

Instructions

150 grams self-raising flour, 40 grams butter, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Weigh the flour into a medium bowl and add the baking powder. Cut the butter into small cubes and add to the flour mix.
25 grams caster sugar
Rub the butter through the flour with gentle movements until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and mix through.
Preheat the Air fryer if required
60 ml milk
Add the milk to the flour and butter mix.
Bring the mixture together with a knife and once a soft dough begins to form use your hands to form it into a ball.
Dust the work surface with flour and pat the dough out into a flat disk about 2 cm deep.
Use a plain scone cutter to cut out four scones. Gently patting the dough back together to use all the dough.
Put a piece of baking parchment in the base of your air fryer and place the four scones on top.
Brush the tops of the scones with a little milk and a pastry brush.
Set the airfryer at 185C and bake the scones for 11 minutes.
Remove from the air fryer and cool on a cooling tray/rack.
Serve warm with jam and cream.

Notes

Not all air fryers are the same size and like with your oven, temperatures may vary. So you may have to adjust the time or temperature by a little either way. If the scones are not quite baked after 11 minutes, turn them over and reset your air fryer to bake at 185C for 2 minutes.

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