Ingredients
450g Self raising flour
2 level tsp Baking powder
50g Zusto
100g Butter, softened, cut into pieces
2 Free range eggs
A little milk
Handful sultanas (optional)
To serve:
Fruitiful preserve (No added sugar preserve) from Waterhouse fayre
Clotted cream
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7. Lightly grease two baking trays.
2. Mix the dry ingredients together. Add the butter and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Crack the eggs into a measuring jug, then add enough milk to make the total liquid 300ml/10fl oz. Stir the egg and milk into the flour – you may not need it all – and mix to a soft, sticky dough.
4. Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface, knead lightly and work in the sultanas, if using. Roll out to a rectangle about 2cm/¾in thick.
5. Cut into as many rounds as possible with a fluted 5cm/2in cutter and place them on the prepared baking trays. Brush the tops of the scones with a little extra milk, or any egg and milk left in the jug.
6. Bake for 12–15 minutes, or until the scones are well risen and a pale, golden-brown colour. Lift onto a wire rack to cool. Eat as fresh as possible.
7. To serve, split the scones and serve with Fruitiful preserve on the plain scones along with a good dollop of clotted cream.
