Most weeks we make a batch of yoghurt in the slow cooker. We use this for breakfast, puddings, to make pizza bases, and for flat breads. This is the first time that I have used it for scones. Making these easy Christmas scones is a great way to use up bits of left over yoghurt that needs eating up, and also any left over mince meat after Christmas. I have put the measurement in grams as a lot of people do not like it when I put recipes in cups, but an easier way to measure is by using using one cup of flour to one cup of yoghurt as you would for flat breads. I did need to add a bit more flour once the mince meat was in.
Ingredients
140g to 150g Self Raising flour (I only put 130g in at first)
185g Thick plain yoghurt
2 heaped tablespoons of mince meat
Method
- Put the yoghurt and the flour into a bowl and stir to mix.
- Before the yoghurt is fully absorbed add the two table spoons of mince meat.
- Bring the mixture together to form a dough. I do this with my hands.
- If the mixture is too wet, it is ok to add a bit more flour.
- Put the dough onto a floured board or surface, flatten it and form it into a round shape about 2 inches thick.
- Cut out the scones using a glass or a cutter,
- Place on to a greased tray, parchment paper, or silicone mat, and bake for 10 minutes at 180C in the air fryer. (I didn’t use the bake setting)
- Remove and place on to a cooling rack to cool, and then serve.
Obviously all air fryers are different and all cutters are a different sizes, and so the timings and temperature may need to be adapted. I got 5 scones but I could have got 6 with a smaller cutter which maybe would have taken less time to cook. We used a skewer to check if they were ready, and I actually broke one in half to check at the end. (I therefore had to eat it!)
They taste lovely, and Mr S has scoffed two already! A cheap and easy bake! I am going to try some with wild garlic pesto in next. What would you put in them?
I do wild garlic and grated cheese 😋
They sconces sound lovely. I don’t have an airfryer but I would think you can bake them too. I’m going to make some when I make my mince pies on Saturday. Yum
Yes they would probably work as I have made the flat bread made the same way in the oven before
Me too in spring. I have only done them with ordinary scone recipes and not this quick one, though. Thanks for commenting
They look good. I couldn’t see a quantity of yogurt to put in though, is it the same as the flour?
I would try cheese and chive if they were savoury.
Thanks. Sorry. I have updated it now. I was measuring things as I was doing them as I never usually weigh anything but do it by eye. Thanks for letting me know. Cheese and chive sounds nice
Cheese and garlic sound good
It does. I make cheese and wild garlic ordinary scones in the spring and they are gorgeous
Oooh lovely, I’m going to try them 😋
Great. I don’t know how long they would last in a tin. Probably not as long as a usual scone mixture. We ate all 5 today! Thanks for commenting
Great recipe and I definitely need to try these as I have mincemeat in the pantry, they sound so easy too, loving the recipes, thank you for sharing xx
Thanks. They were easy.
Oooh yes – these sound scrummy. I made my mincemeat yesterday and have 4 jars – way too much for just mince pies but I love it in all sorts of things. I’ll definitely be making these 😋
They were nice, but I don’t think that they will nicer on the day made and may not store well. We ate them all and so I can’t find out! Thanks for commenting
Thanks Toni these sound delicious. I think for Christmas maybe cranberry & orange would be nice. I have made scones in the air fryer before & was surprised how well they turned out but these would be great as i always have yogurt in but not eggs or milk.
A nice idea. Thanks for sharing