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
Method
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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.
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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.
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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.