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Wilton Windmill Flour


Thank you for buying our locally grown, locally milled, stone-ground, wholemeal flour!

We have a couple of recipe ideas here, but if you
would like to let us know any recipes you have,
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Scones

Ingredients

350g (12 oz) Wilton Windmill stone-ground wholemeal flour
350g (12 oz) white flour
45g (1.5 oz) baking powder
225g (8 oz) margarine
175g (6 oz) granulated sugar
175g (6 oz) sultanas
350ml (12 fl.oz - half pint)
half milk/ half water

Method

Heat the oven to 220 degrees C, 425 degrees F, gas mark 7.
Grease a baking tray. 

Mix the two types of flour together.
Add the baking powder
Rub in the margarine until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
Mix in the sugar and sultanas.
Add milk/water and mix ingredients together.
Roll to 1 inch (2cm) thickness and cut out into individual scones.
Bake in a hot oven for 12 minutes.
Cool on a wire tray or eat hot with lashings of butter!

Soda Bread

Ingredients

450g (1 lb) Wilton Windmill wholemeal flour
350ml (half pint) mixed milk and water
1 x 15ml (tablespoon) plain natural yoghurt (Yeo Valley is good)
1 x 10ml (dessert spoon) soft brown sugar
1 x 2.5ml (half teaspoon) salt
2 x 5ml (teaspoon) baking powder
1 x 5ml (teaspoon) bicarbonate of soda

Method

Heat the oven to 220 degrees C, 425 degrees F, gas mark 7. 
Grease a baking tray.
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
Dissolve the sugar into the milk and water mixture and stir in to the dry mixture.
Knead briefly and divide into 2 rounds.
Place the rounds on a baking sheet and cover with cake tins.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove the covers and bake for a further 8 to 12 minutes.
Cool on a wire tray before eating.