English Scones

Sift dry Ingredients together

Add butter in cubes and break apart with your hands until it looks like bread crumbs, Make sure butter is very cold so it doesn't melt with from your fingers. This took a little longer than I expected (about 7 minutes), but just be patient until you get the consistency you need.

Make a well and add milk gradually.

Flour your surface and pat out the dough! There is really no need to use a rolling pin here. ..roll your sleeves up and use your muscles!

We added sultanas, but you can use raisins, or any dried fruit you like!

Moment of improvisation- used a glass as a cutter instead of a biscuit cutter...worked like a charm!

DEFINITELY make sure your dough is rolled out 1/2 inch thick so you get a nice puffy scone when baked. If dough is any thinner it will not rise and look more like a cracker than a scone.
Place on buttered baking sheet and remember to brush the tops with milk before placing in the oven so they turn gold on top!

The finished product! Complete with Blueberry Jam and Cornish Clotted Cream (which is absolutely necessary).

And now, alas, we approach the last of my London posts. A friend and I decided to make these scones to have with our tea after we downed the chicken salad ( recipe posted a few weeks ago). As it turns out, this very same friend was leaving for a long weekend on the Cornish Coast in England to celebrate a family birthday and could not show up empty handed! Now, down in Cornwall, the scone really just serves as a vessel for the clotted cream...and the cream to scone ratio is never too in favor of anyone's health, but we'll not think about that for the time being. We decided to use a recipe from Scones by Genevieve Knights, but you can find an almost identical recipe here from Gourmet Magazine.

You will need

3 3/4 Cups All Purpose Flour

1 1/2 TSP Baking Powder

1/2 TSP Salt

6 TBSP Unsalted Butter (very cold)

1/2 Cup Dark Raisins (or more depending on how much you like them)

1 1/4 Whole Milk

All the accoutrements you need for your scones. And a cup of tea, or course!