"Pass The Scones, Please!"

Absolutely delicious.

Yep, you guessed it. It's a scone recipe. The perfect British cliché, scones slathered with strawberry jam and lashings
of cream, perfect with a hot cuppa for afternoon tea. This scone recipe produces the unhealthiest, yummiest, lightest and most delicious scones I've tasted. And I've tasted a LOT of scones.
To achieve light, soft scones, avoid handling the scone dough too much. You can add whatever you wish into the mixture at step 3, be it chocolate chips, candied peel or dried fruit. The recipe says three cups of flour, but more or less may be needed, depending on the consistency of the dough.

INGREDIENTS:
2tbsp Clarified or unsalted butter
3tbsp Caster sugar
1 Egg
1 Cup double cream
1tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 tsp Salt
2tsp Baking powder
3 Cups plain flour

METHOD:

1. Beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy
2. Add in the egg and vanilla and beat well.
3. Stir in double cream. do not beat.
4. Mix together the dry ingredients, then sift into the cream mixture and fold in until it forms a soft dough.
5. Roll out dough and cut into rounds.
6. Place on a baking sheet and brush with milk. Bake at gas mark 7 until the scones crack slightly, then lower the temperature to 5, and bake until golden.
7. Remove from oven, sandwich with generous amounts of cream and jam, and enjoy.

Impatiently waiting for scones to cool!