About 9 times out of 10, I would have to say I’m pretty traditional when it comes to baking. I love the old fashioned recipes, rubbing cold butter through flour, making cakes by hand with a hand whisk etc but sometimes you just have to revert to a quick and easy recipe, especially when it’s already warm at 6am and you’ve got the girls coming for morning tea. I overlooked my traditional scone recipe for this quick and easy 3 ingredient one.
This 3 ingredient scone recipe has been doing the rounds for years but I don’t often use it. I just so happened to have lemonade (what we call Sprite or 7Up here in Australia) and whipping cream in the fridge. Scones with jam (jelly) and cream are a pretty traditional thing to have for morning or afternoon tea. The English usually call it “Devonshire Tea”, that is, scones with jam and clotted cream with a pot of tea or coffee.
The result is a lovely light scone and there’s no rubbing involved. Just throw the ingredients together, mix together lightly, and bake in a hot oven. Not the best thing for a hot Spring morning here in Australia but we must do these things. For this particular morning tea, I served sandwiches and store bought individual meringues filled with lemon curd and fresh blueberries. We chatted for several hours and thoroughly enjoyed our time together. We’ve been doing these morning teas for about 4 years now, since our kids started school.
So, onto the recipe. It’s just basically 3 cups of self raising flour, 1 cup of Sprite and 1 cup of whipping cream. If you don’t have self raising flour, you can add 1 teaspoon of baking powder to every cup of plain flour. Notice I’m mixing the dough with a knife. That’s something my Nanna taught me. You don’t want to make the scones go tough. To keep them light, don’t mix the dough too much. Just mix the ingredients until they have just combined.
Once combined, turn the dough onto a well floured surface and roll out until about 1″ thick. I just usually press it down with my hand.
You can cut our circles with a scone cutter (which has been dipped in flour each time) or my Nanna used to cut the scones into squares.
Place on a baking tray lined with paper and brush with an egg/milk wash.
Bake in a hot oven for approximately 10 to 15 minutes, until golden brown.
They really are best served with jam and cream but you can serve them with anything. Any leftovers can be popped in the freezer and taken out as required. I grabbed a couple for a morning cuppa for myself a couple days later and topped with lemon curd and cream. Naughty I know, but a little self indulgent for a hard morning’s work this particular day. We all need a little luxurious time out, right? I think I should use these quick and easy recipes more often, or should I?
Hope you give them a try. They can also be made into savoury scones, for example, adding ham and cheese etc or add dried fruit or chocolate chips, like a traditional scone recipe. You won’t be disappointed.
3 Ingredient Sprite Scones
Ingredients
- 3 cups self raising flour
- or 3 cups plain flour and 3 teaspoons baking powder, sifted together
- 1 cup Sprite
- 1 cup whipping cream
- Extra beaten egg and dash of milk to brush on scones before baking
- Jam jelly and whipped cream to serve
Instructions
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Heat oven to 220 deg C (420 deg F).
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Gently combine flour, Sprite and cream together with a knife.
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Turn out dough onto a well floured surface.
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Roll, or press, out to 1 inch thickness.
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Cut out circles with a scone cutter, or use a knife to cut squares and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
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Brush with beaten egg/milk and bake until golden brown (approx 10-15 minutes).
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Allow to cool and serve with jam (jelly) and whipped cream.
Recipe Notes
Can add dried fruit or chocolate chips.
Can be made into savoury scones.
Hi,
You need to get yourself a convection microwave.
No need to heat up the kitchen on a hot day and ideal for cooking one tray of something.
A really delicious and easy recipe to have on hand, they look great.
Love the meringues too.
Thanks Claire. Yes, I think I do too. Maybe Santa will bring me one? LOL xx
Gorgeous recipe! I love how simple these are. And you really can’t beat a good scone! Thanks for linking up to our Fabulous Foodie Fridays party xx
Thanks Lucy xx
Oh wow…what a neat recipe! YUMMY!
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thanks Jess xx
I can’t wait to try this recipe, it looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Full Plate Thursday and have a great day.
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Miz Helen
Thanks so much Miz Helen.
Anne xx
I am fascinated by this recipe, Anne! I can’t wait to give your 3 Ingredient Sprite Scones a try – and I’m featuring them at this week’s Hearth and Soul Hop. Thank you so much for sharing them with us!
Thank you so much April! You know, I’m a traditionalist when it comes to baking and I was skeptical with this recipe as well but if you want scones in a hurry, you can’t beat it. You’ll have to let me know what you think.
Anne xx
Sprite scones looks delicious thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning
You’re welcome Swathi. Thanks so much.
Anne xx
Congratulations!
Your recipe was featured on Full Plate Thursday. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and enjoy your new Red Plate!
Miz Helen
Oh wow Miz Helen! Thank you so much. That’s just lovely. Wishing you a Merry Christmas too.
Anne xx