Susie’s Ninja Baked Buttermilk Scones

Posted on Updated on by susievenahunterCategories:Yummies

This is an updated version of the best scones I had ever made, and I still cannot stop eating them!!! I originally posted this over 10 years ago, but who wants to go that far back. So, this is updated using my Ninja Air Fryer.

I have always made scones which I always found needed eating the same day or they would go dry and heavy, so when a friend said she liked buttermilk scones I began my search for the best recipe, this is it, unless anyone can give me a better one, which I doubt as I find these light fluffy moist and really delicious, best with strawberry jam and cream.

They keep well in an air tight box for up to a week and they freeze well. You can buy buttermilk from Tesco’s and most big supermarkets, once you have made these you will never go back to the others.

This new version was cooked in the Ninja Air Fryer, watch my YouTube video for how that worked out, below is the original recipe.

Ingredients

  • 14ozs Plain flour
  • 3ozs Caster sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 6ozs of soft butter
  • 8fl oz buttermilk
Mix flour and butter together
Add the buttermilk
Mix in the buttermilk with a fork
Kneed the dough with your hands
Add a little bit of flour
Shape it
Cut it
Add the egg wash
Place in the Ninja
Bake it
Lovely scones
Fluffy on the inside

Method 1 Ninja Bake

  1. Put all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and rub in till like breadcrumbs
  2. Put it in a mixing bowl and add the buttermilk
  3. The dough is quite moist, turn it on to a floured board and shape it into about an inch thick if you like deep scones or 1/2 inch thick if you like thinner ones both work well
  4. Brush the tops with a with an egg wash and bake in the Ninja at 190 or therefor about 12-15 mins, as the Ninja only cooks from the top, I would advise that you turn them over halfway so that the bottoms are not soggy.

Method 2 Oven Bake

  1. Preheat oven to 220 degrees
  2. Put all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and rub in till like breadcrumbs or do as I did and throw it in the food mixer and blitz it for 2-3 mins
  3. Put it in a mixing bowl and add the buttermilk
  4. The dough is quite moist, turn it on to a floured board and roll out to about an inch thick if you like deep scones or 1/2 inch thick if you like thinner ones both work well
  5. Brush the tops with a little buttermilk and bake in oven for about 12-15 mins