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Dine in style with afternoon tea on a Königstone worktop




4 December 2019

Dine in style with afternoon tea on a Königstone worktop 

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Pictured is Königstone's Concrete Shell worktop.

You've spent money changing your house to make you feel at home, so why go out with your friends when you could invite them over instead? Königstone, the champion of engineered quartz and natural stone worktops, has pulled together a recipe so you can enjoy afternoon tea at home. Of course, you can buy the sandwiches, cakes and scones from a shop, but if you're feeling daring, go the whole hog and bake them from scratch!

To easily create a batch of scones in 20 minutes, follow the simple steps below:

·        Heat your oven to 220ºC (200ºC if you have a fan oven).

·        Mix 350g self-raising flour with ¼ tsp and 1 tsp of baking powder in a large bowl.

·       Once it is all mixed together, combine 85g of butter (best cut into cubes) with the mix and rub between your fingers until the mixture becomes fine crumbs.

·       Stir in 3tbsp of caster sugar with the crumbs and leave it to one side. 

·      Then, pour 175ml milk into a jug and heat in a microwave for 30 seconds until warm - but be careful to make sure it's just warm and not hot.

·       Add 1tsp of vanilla extract and a squeeze of lemon juice into the milk, then set aside for a moment.

·       Line a baking tray with a baking sheet or greaseproof paper and pop it in the oven.

·       Then, go back to your mix of crumbs and create a well in the middle. Pour the milk mix into this and combine it into the dry mix with a wooden spoon until it becomes doughy.

·     Dust your work surface with some flour and tip the dough onto it. Stretch the dough between your hands and knead it over  itself several times until it becomes a little smoother.

·       Pat the smooth dough into a round about 4cm deep. Take a 5cm cutter and dip it into some flour (smoothed edge cutters give the best results). Cut into your dough and repeat the process until you have four scones. Knead the dough again if you find yourself running out of dough to produce the four shapes.

·       Lightly brush the tops with a beaten egg and place each scone on the hot baking tray.

·       Bake for 10 minutes until risen and golden on top - and voila, beautiful scones to enjoy an afternoon tea at home!

Königstone's worktops are scratch-, stain- and heat-resistant and incredibly easy to clean; the perfect surface in your home for baking! There is also a handy go-to customer care guide on Königstone's website which tells you everything you need to know about taking care of a KönigQuartz or König Naturals surface to keep it in tip-top shape for food preparation.

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Taylor Alden Ltd
Suite 103, Highland House
165-167 The Broadway
SW19 1NE
Tel:  020 8543 3866