Recipe: Scones

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Description/Notes:

Summer afternoons would never be this same without freshly baked scones filled with strawberry jam and cream.

Ingredients:

12 oz. (300g) self raising flour

3 oz. (75g) margarine

pinch of salt

1 oz. (25g) caster sugar

5 oz. (125ml) milk

1 level teaspoon of baking powder

Cooking Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 470F, Gas mark 9, 240C
2. Sieve together the flour, salt and baking powder
3. Rub in the margarine
4. Add the milk and knead into a soft dough
5. On a lightly floured board roll out the dough to a thickness of half an inch (12 mm)
6. Using a 2 inch (5 cm) cutter cut into scones
7. Place on a lightly greased baking tray and cook in the center of the pre-heated oven for 10 minutes