Black Treacle Scones

Recipe By Bea
Rating
Published May 15th
Prep 5m Cook 10m Additional 5m Ready In 20m
Servings 15 scones Calories 184.6

This is a very old recipe. Serve these flavorful scones warm with butter. They may be a little heavy for modern tastes but you can lighten the texture up by using an egg in place of some of the milk if you like.

Recipe Ingredients

  • 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 4 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons molasses (treacle), or more to taste
  • 1 cup milk

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
  2. 2 In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cream of tarter, salt, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg and ginger. Cut in butter with a fork or pastry blender. Combine milk and molasses in a small bowl; stir into flour mixture until moistened. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly. Roll dough out into a 1/2 inch thick round. Cut out circles with a medium biscuit cutter and place pieces on prepared baking sheet so that they are barely touching.
  3. 3 Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Move to a wire rack to cool slightly before serving. For soft scones, cover with a dry cloth for 10 minutes. For crisp scones, do not cover.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 184.6
  • Carbohydrate 26.8 g
  • Cholesterol 17.6 mg
  • Fat 6.8 g
  • Fiber 0.9 g
  • Protein 3.8 g
  • Saturated Fat 4.2 g
  • Sodium 297.8 mg
  • Sugar 2.3 g

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Chef's Notes

If you want to try it with treacle, you can buy black treacle online or at some large supermarkets.

Reviews

  1. Denise Roger Bender Mar 18, 2010 06:02 PM
    Everyone loved these! We made them for St. Pat's day. The only change I made was to add about 4 tbs of sugar. We wanted it a little sweeter. I will probably start making these instead of biscuits. They were moist and flaky and had a great flavor.
  2. eatyourveggies1 Mar 25, 2009 08:38 PM
    Wow! Three thumbs up! Used soft marg instead of butter and delighted my vegan husband. Quick easy and tasty. Definitely a keeper!
  3. Katie Nov 3, 2008 07:30 PM
    These scones were amazing! I made them for some Irish friends and they loved them. Add a bit more spice and molasses and serve them with butter and apricot preserves!
  4. BB34 May 15, 2005 02:49 PM
    I just made these for breakfast they were very good but you dont really taste the molasses due to all the spices. I would call them Gingerbread scones.My 6yr old and husband loved them. I will make them again but alter the spices I used my food processor on the pulse setting and they mixed - Read more ...
  5. HARRISONBERG Jul 14, 2004 03:49 PM
    Really easy to make and great flavour! I had to add more milk and molasses. Not too sweet at all. Perfect with jam or just butter.
  6. Cometgirl63 Dec 10, 2003 05:19 PM
    These scones are very good. I decreased the cinnamon to 1/4 teaspoon for my fiance and they are still very flavorful. Easy to make- I used my KitchenAid mixer with excellent results. A quick favorite!
  7. J9STARTLET Oct 20, 2003 12:38 PM
    the scones didn't have enough flavor - not enough molasses not enough spice. they were also too dry as is; I added more milk... rather a disappointment....
  8. HLFETCHO Oct 18, 2003 09:02 PM
    Best if eaten the day they are baked! Very good topped with maple icing.
  9. CASSAROO Jul 2, 2003 07:13 PM
    A great scone! I scaled the recipe down to eight (8) and it worked wonderfully. The molasses favor is very subtle and I would almost recommend adding more. Would this change the consistency? This is not a sweet scone, so those looking for more sweetness might want to jazz it up a bit. Overall, the - Read more ...
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