National Ag Day recipe card

The Reid family in Temora have kindly supplied some great recipes. Why not bake a tractor snack or something for the lunchbox this week and celebrate our great Aussie farmers.

Wholemeal Date Scones

Ingredients:

• 2 cups wholemeal self-raising flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 125g dates
• 30g butter
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• ½ cup boiling water
• 1 egg
• milk for glazing

Method:

1. Sift flour and salt into bowl and stir in finely chopped dates. Add butter and golden syrup to boiling water and stir until butter melts. Add to flour mixture with a slightly beaten egg and mix into a soft dough.
2. Knead slightly and roll dough out to 2cm thickness and cut with a scone cutter. Put onto a lightly greased tray and glaze the tops with milk.
3. Bake in oven at 200oC (180oC fan-forced) for 10-20 minutes