Fruit scones

When I make fruit scones I use: 8oz self raising flour, 2oz butter, 2oz caster sugar, 2oz currants or raisins and about 6 fluid ozs milk, or sufficient to make a stiff dough. Roll out on a floured surface to about 1cm-1.5cm thick and cut out with a cutter or else cut into triangles, brush with milk or beaten egg and bake at 220c for about 10 - 15 minutes.
I never put egg in scone mix as my mother once said I was making rock buns then.
I make a large variety of scones too. Treacle scones go down well in our house.

What size do you make your scones Lindy? I use a cutter that's about 1.5" diameter so quite small scones but whenever I see scones in a café they are huge.

The butter/scone ratio is all wrong.

Here is the recipe for fruit scones I have made for the past 40 years, and my mum and nan before me.
makes 12 heat oven to 220c gas 7
rub 3ozs butter into 8ozs sr flour and 2 tbsps caster sugar, till it resembles breadcrumbs, stir in 2ozs dried fruit, 1 large beaten egg and about 3tbsps whole milk until you have a soft but not sticky dough (you may need an extra tbsp milk). Roll out to 1/2 inch thick cut and coat tops with milk. Cook for 12-15 minutes in top half of oven till well risen and golden brown.
Enjoy.
I also make crusted cheese scone, date and wholemeal scones and drop scones!
no wonder I am the size I am!

Tiptree Jam + Devon cream I hope

Arghhh - have never managed to make a decent scone, I'm afraid. Could we all have the recipe Lindylooby, please?

pompa- why not publish the name of the Café here- can do no harm, can it?

Nanapug, just seen this, hope you have tried the recipe I gave you this afternoon? And you had clotted cream and strawberry jam? Mmmmm

We have a local cafe that make the most fantastic scones ever, people come from miles around for them. They also experiment with new flavour combinations on a regular basis. My current favorite is stilton/walnut. My wife is a brilliant cook, but she cannot come anywhere near their ones, so we are forced to visit them at least twice a week. Because I knew I would not be able to drive for some weeks, we stocked up our freezer with a few weeks supply. If you live in North Essex, message me for the name of the cafe.