Treacle Scones

  • Prep Time: 40 mins
  • Total Time: 55 mins
  • Servings: 4

    • About This Recipe

    “From “Scottish Teatime Recipes” – my family will munch on these wee treats at any old time of day!”

    Ingredients

  • 8ouncesself-rising flour
  • 2ouncesbutter
  • 1ouncecaster sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoonground cinnamon
  • 2tablespoons black treacle or 2tablespoonsmolasses
  • 1pinchsalt
  • 5fluid ouncesmilk, to mix

    • Directions

  • Heat oven to 425°F or Gas Mark 7 and grease a baking sheet.
  • Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the butter.
  • Mix in the sugar and cinnamon.
  • Add the treacle or molasses and sufficient milk to make soft dough.
  • Turn on to a floured surface and knead gently- the dough should be fairly moist and elastic.
  • Roll out to about ½-inch thick, and cut into rounds with a 2½-inch pastry cutter.
  • Place on the baking sheet, brush with a little milk and bake for 10-15 minutes until golden in coIour.
  • Cool on a wire rack.
  • Serve split in half and buttered.
  • Store at room temperature in an airtight container.

    • Reviews

  • “Sure and I tried some of these “wee treats” today.I love molasses and these hit the spot.I made a double batch and was careful about adding the milk, it didn’t require all of it.I converted the measurements from weight to volume.8 ounces flour=1 1/2 cups…..2 ounces butter=1/4 cup……1 ounce sugar=2 1/2 tablespns..Thanks for this great recipe Miller…Lee”

  • “Really good! My Scottish friend was talking about treacle scones, and I had to make some to give them a try:) Served warm with butter and homemade strawberry/cranberry jam. Thanks CoolMonday for providing measurement conversions! I also used recipe #5247. Worried that the salt in the recipe with the salt in the self-rising sub would be too much but it was fine. Used Lyle’s Black Treacle and my scones were much darker than the picture. If you’re subbing molasses, you need a heavier organic or blackstrap molasses to be most similar to black treacle, not the regular commercial brands like Grandma’s. I only needed about 3 1/2 oz. milk. Will make these again!”

  • “Very yummy, but the dough was so wet, even without all the milk.I ended up making drop scones instead.The taste was great!!!!I used cane syrup because that is what I had on hand.Will make again.”

  • “Another fast recipe that yields great results.These remind me of gingerbread but without the spices and less sugar.I had to bake mine for 7-8 minutes so they wouldn’t get too brown on the bottom.”

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