Scones

I love english summer time. It's such a lovely time of year. I don't mind whether it's raining or shining I love the feeling of being outside in the fresh air. I love how the whole country looks like a blanket of green, all the trees and flowers are blushing in the fields and the air smells fresh. Yesterday me and my hubbie got up and thought let's get out of London and so we went to Guildford on the train. It was such a lovely little place, we had a great time. We wandered around the shops and sat by the castle for a bit and had tea and scones in a little cafe.

So when I got home I thought I would make some scones. I love tea and scones in summer especially with heaps of jam and cream. Mmmm, delicious! I followed another recipe from my nan's Be-ro recipe book.

You will need:
8oz self raising flour
half a teaspoon of salt
1.5 ozs lard
1oz caster sugar
milk about 1-2 tablespoons
two tablespoons of currants or sultanas (i used sultanas)
one egg


Preheat the oven, it's needs to be fairly hot so about 425 - 450 f gas mark 7 - 8 and grease a baking tray with some margarine or butter.

Using a large bowl mix together the flour and salt. Rub in the lard. Then mix in the sugar and fruit. In a samll bowl beat the egg and then add it to the other ingrediants with a little of the milk until you have a soft dough. Roll it out so it is about a half inch thick and cut in rounds with a scone cutter. I only own a small one so mine were mini scones! Brush the tops with a little of the beaten egg mixture that is left in the bowl, place on the baking tray and bake for 10 mins! Simple!





There's no better english summer time treat than scones with jam and cream. Only we had no cream in at the time so it was just jam for us! :)