Afternoon Scones

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Home-made scones, home-made strawberry jam and clotted cream | H is for Home

I’ve been meaning to make some scones for a while – in fact, ever since coming back from our holiday in Wells-Next-the-Sea. While we were there, I spent a sunny afternoon at Wiveton Hall Fruit Farm picking strawberries. I filled this massive punnet with sweet, fat, fragrant strawberries – specimens such as I’d never tasted before!

home-made jam made with strawberries we picked at Wiverton Farm on the North Norfolk coast

Those that didn’t get eaten there & then returned home with us and made into a massive pan of strawberry conserve. We gave lots away to friends & family and kept a couple of jars for ourselves. We’ve had it on toast & croissants, some was used as sponge cake filling, but you can’t beat it on warm, freshly baked scones!

baking ingredients to make home-made scones

To make the scones, I once again used a recipe from The Great Big Cookie Book by Hilaire Walden. Here it is:

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Afternoon scones

Ingredients
  

  • 225 g/8oz/2 cups plain flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 2.5 ml/½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 5 ml/1 tsp cream of tartar
  • 25 g/1oz/2 tbs butter
  • 150 ml/¼ pint/? cup milk or buttermilk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas mark 7. Flour a baking sheet. Sift the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar into a bowl. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Gradually stir in just enough milk to make a light, spongy dough.
  • Turn the dough on to a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Roll to 2½cm/1in thick. Cut into rounds with a floured 5cm/2in cutter.
  • Place the scones on the prepared baking sheet and brush the tops with milk.
  • Bake for 7-10 minutes until the scones are well risen and golden brown.
Serve with jam and a big dollop of clotted cream!

Rodda's clotted cream container & packaging

PS – We usually buy Rodda’s clotted cream which is delicious – but don’t you just love the folk artsy packaging too?!