Classic Scones.

Well, what is there to say really? Just look at them! YUM!!!!

Ok, there's a bit to say. I made these quite a while back and never got round to blogging them (As opposed to eating them straight away!) I did test 2 different recipes, and I'm now not sure which one I preferred lol. They did produce very similar scones though, similar in taste, texture, and rising, and I think the only thing that swayed me one way than the other was that one recipe produced less domed tops, and I preferred them flatter :) and I'm fairly sure it was the following recipe by Jane Hornby.

Ingredients:

• 350g Self Raising Flour
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 85g Unsalted butter
• 3 TBSP Caster sugar
• 175ml Milk
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• Lemon juice
• 1 Free range egg
• Clotted cream and Jam.

Preparation:

• Preheat the oven to 220c/Gas7
• Sieve the flour, salt and baking powder into a large bowl
• Cube the butter and add it.
• Rub the mixture together until it is all crumb-like.
• Heat the milk for 30 secs in the microwave or a pan until slightly warm.
• Add to it the vanilla and a squeeze of lemon juice (I added 2 tsp)
• Put enough baking trays in the oven to heat up
• Add the milk to the dry mixture and mix together with a plain dinner knife until all mixed together well
• Flour a surface and tip out the dough.
• Knead a touch so that the dough is consistent, together, and not split. 
• Gently roll or pat out until 3-4cm deep
• Using a 5cm round cutter, press it into the dough, don't twist it, and repeat these steps until all the dough is used up.
• Beat the egg and brush the tops, being careful not to let it run down the sides or it will hinder their rising.
• Place the scones on the hot baking tray, leaving room for them to rise at an angle if necessary
• Bake for about 10 mins until golden on top.
• Place on a cooling rack.
• Now the tricky bit, cut in half, then on each half add a bucket of cream, then a bucket of jam.
• Eat whilst moaning in ecstasy.

Dome-heads top left!

These are the flat tops from this recipe :)

Guilty pleasure here! Bryan Adams ft Mel C - When you're a Scone

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine When She's a Scone

The Creeps - She's Scone

Leading onto the wonderful Camille Jones - Creeps

..and finally, maybe, The Pixies - Monkey Scone to Heaven

...um, finally finally.... I remembered this yesterday, Kim Wilde - Never Trust a Stranger with Your Scone. Not quite as good as 'Keep me Hanging on', but almost.

(Beware there's a horrible loud noise at the start of this vid! No, I don't mean Kim singing :p)