British Scones

Hello everyone,

Hope your all ok? So this recipe has been passed down the generations in my family! This is my great grandmothers recipe, its very simple, classic and well very British! This recipe means a lot to me, all my childhood whenever I would bake with my mum this is what we would bake and i love it.....problem is im very boring and like plain scones with a slab of butter, my mum on the other hand loves raisins and currents in hers! I suppose the only way we differ from the traditional British scone is we don't have ours with jam and cream! But that is the great thing about this recipe you can make it your own, add raisins, currents, any dried fruit, eat it hot or cold, with or without jam and cream...its a very versatile recipe! So let's get cracking (or baking) 

Ingrediants: 

1lb self raising flour

5oz butter

2tbsp granulated sugar

2 eggs

4oz milk

Method:

1) pre-heat your oven to gas mark 7 and then using your fingers and thumbs mix together the flour and butter until it resembles breadcrumbs

2) add in your sugar and stir in, at this stage if you would like dried fruits add them in now (cover the dried fruits in a tiny bit of flour to prevent them sinking to the bottom of your scone) 

3) whisk together your eggs and milk

4) add in your eggs and milk mixture gradually, you probably won't need all of it, the less you use the better! Just use enough until the mixture forms a dough! Keep the rest for brushing on top of the scones

5) roll out the dough onto a lightly floured surface (about 1/2 inch thick) and cut out your scones using your desired cutter, place on a non greased baking tray and brush the tops with the remainder egg and milk mixture and bake in the oven for about 8-12 minutes until golden!

  

Take them out the oven and enjoy:)

Hope you all enjoyed this recipe! 

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