Cherry Scones recipe

Ingredients:

2 oz butter.
8 oz self-raising flour.
1 oz caster sugar.
2 oz glace cherries, roughly chopped.
1 oz crunchy wheatgerm.
¼ pt milk.

Preparation Instructions:

Rub the butter into the flour in a mixing bowl until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs and then stir in the caster sugar.

Mix in the cherries and add the wheatgerm.

Stir to a soft dough with the milk.

Roll out the dough on a floured surface to a thickness of about ¾ inch.

Stamp out rounds using a 2 inch cutter , kneading and rerolling the dough until it is all used up.

Place the scones on a preheated baking tray, brush tops with milk and bake in the oven at 230°C/Gas mark 8 for 10 -12 minutes.

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Serve immediately with butter.

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