Sweeten up your scones with this easy recipe – ideal for a posh afternoon tea
Ingredients:
- 450g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 100g cold butter, diced
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 284ml pot buttermilk
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 100g glacé cherry, chopped
- clotted cream and cherry or strawberry jam, to serve
Instructions:
- Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Put the flour, ½ tsp salt, bicarb and butter into a bowl and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in the sugar.
- Quickly mix in the buttermilk, a splash of milk, vanilla and cherries and bring together to form a soft dough. Press out onto a lightly floured surface, to about 3cm thick. Cut out with 5cm cutters.
- Transfer to a lightly floured baking sheet, brush with the remaining milk and bake for 12-15 mins until golden and well risen. Serve with clotted cream and jam.
Cherry scones • Yield: 14 servings
Ingredients:
- 450g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 100g cold butter, diced
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 284ml pot buttermilk
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 100g glacé cherry, chopped
- clotted cream and cherry or strawberry jam, to serve
Cherry scones Nutrition Facts:
• Diet:
• Calories: 138.78
• Fat: 100.51
• Carbs: 133.63
• Protein: 59.70
• Cholesterol: 90.44
• Calcium: 50.04
• Sodium: 77.62* E.g. 137.29 = 137mg or 137g – 29%
Nutrition Facts labels are not always factual.