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Name: raisin scones
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 24 servings
Ingredients: 120 g raisins; 20 ml veg oil; 200 g flour (self raising); 50 g sugar; 80 g lard; 70 g oat (instant oats)

feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a month

Raisin Scones

raisin scones

fruity little scones

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Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 12 mins

Total Time: 27 mins

Course: Snack

Cuisine: English

Keyword: batch cooking, budget meals, cheap family recipes

Dietary Requirements: Vegetarian

Servings: 24 servings

Cost per portion 3p

Calories: 72.5kcal

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Ingredients

120 g raisins
20 ml veg oil
200 g flour self raising
50 g sugar
80 g lard
70 g oat instant oats

Instructions

Soak the raisins in some left over tea to soak up and get plump.
Lightly grease a baking sheet.
Mix together the flour, sugar and cereal and rub in the lard.
Stir in the raisins and then the oil and tea from soaking the raisins, to get a soft dough.
Turn on to a floured work surface and knead very lightly.
Pat out to a round 2cm thick.
Use a 1.5in cutter to stamp out rounds and place on the baking sheet.
Lightly knead together the rest of the dough and stamp out more scones to use it all up.
Brush the tops of the scones with a little water.
Heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7
Bake for 12 minutes until well risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack
Click here to start a 12 minute timer
Makes 24 little scones, make 4 batches in the month.

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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

raisin scones

Amount Per Serving

Calories 72.5 Calories from Fat 10

% Daily Value*

Fat 1.15g2%

Saturated Fat 0.73g5%

Sodium 2.33mg0%

Potassium 67.83mg2%

Carbohydrates 14.52g5%

Fiber 0.99g4%

Sugar 2.15g2%

Protein 1.47g3%

Vitamin A 167.3IU3%

Vitamin C 1.45mg2%

Calcium 11.9mg1%

Iron 0.66mg4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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