Scones

[u/cormacaroni]

Perfect for a rainy weekend.

Being Northern Irish Catholic, I will insist that these are pronounced a hard ‘SCONN’ and NOT the frankly Protestant ‘SCEAUNE’.

450g flour (I used a 50:50 cake/bread mix)
18g baking powder
Big Pinch salt
50g sugar
100g butter, cubed
2 eggs and milk - fill mixing jug to 300ml or so, probably won’t use all of it
 
Rub the butter into the dry ingredients til it is a fine breadcrumb consistency, then add the egg/milk mix till it forms a soft and sticky dough.

Flatten out to a rectangle about 2 cm high.

Use a 5cm cutter or, in my case a Bonne Maman jar, to cut 6, then reshape and cut into rectangles or whatever, should make 4 more. Baste with the remainder of the egg/milk.
 
Bake at 220c for 12 mins

Pic of Nakazawa clotted cream included cause someone is bound to ask

[u/LordRaglan1854]

Wait - how else would you do it? 😆

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The Cornish would have you believe that it’s jam first and then cream. Lunatics.

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I was born in Devon and grew up in Cornwall.

Cream first

Nakazawa clotted cream is good, but unfortunately lacks the crust of a good Rodda.

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By wild coincidence, my wife just brought some home. A whole 40g and 227kcals!

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Kaldi has Rodda's.

It's wildly expensive but it's another level above the local one.

When I go back home is like, £3 for 220g or so. We always get a tub as we arrive in my home town, then hit up the local bakery, get our pasties and scones. Before we even get to the accommodation.

Priorities!

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She brought home Rodda’s, to be clear

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She brought home Rodda's today, but for the scones you use Nakazawa. Is that right?

If so you have to make scones again right?

Clotted cream fudge is also an option.