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Laucke Scone Mix

No bakery should be without a display of freshly baked scones, and this premix will produce for you a scone that will have your customers coming back for more. The Laucke scone mix contains a selection of quality ingredients designed to give a soft, moist and elastic dough that easily produces a scone with attractive appearance, great shelf life and palate appeal.

Ingredients
Wheaten Flour, Margarine, Sugar, Skim Milk Powder, Baking Powder (450,500), Vitamin (Thiamin).

Method
(Traditional)

Add water at 47% of Premix weight.

Dough Mixing: Using a Hobart planetary mixer fitted with a dough hook as an example, mix at low speed. The dough will come together, and after about 1 minute of further mixing the dough will show signs of extra stickiness by adhering to the bowl and the hook. Continue for another minute or more until the dough becomes smooth. The dough will always be sticky and difficult to handle.

Scrape from the mixer. The dough should be soft and pliable, and the initial sticky raggedness should quickly reduce, leaving the dough with a smooth texture but perhaps a somewhat rough outward appearance. Leave to rest for 5 minutes on a floured surface.

1. Pin or Roll out to 20 mm thickness. A properly developed dough will roll out easily with no indication of resistance, and have a perfectly smooth and uniform surface, with no sign of shrinkage.
2. Cut into pieces, and place onto a cold baking tray such that when baked, the scones all just touch each other. This will ensure the scones provide mutual support and best final symmetry.
3. Dust again with flour if desired.
4. In most bakery situations a milk and egg glaze is brushed on to the top of the scones prior to baking.
5. Bake at 210°C to 220°C for 15 minutes, then cool on wires.
6. Note that water addition is critical, as the dough must be kept as moist as possible.

An alternate method that makes a fine textured soft eating scone is to mix the dough thoroughly on medium speed using a beater. This provides easier handling, better gas retention, increased volume and uniformity of appearance.