Easy Cherry Scones
Easy Cherry Scones Recipe - Great for baking with kids and perfect for serving at Afternoon Tea
Equipment
- 1 Baking tray
- 1 Scone Cutter Choose the size that you prefer
Ingredients
- 350 g Self Raising Flour Plus a little extra for rolling out the dough
- 85 g Butter As cold as possible - Cut into small cubes
- 3 tbsp Caster Sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 75 ml Milk
- 200 g Glace Cherries Cut into quarters
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 210C and line a baking tray with Baking Parchment
- Mix the flour and sugar together in a medium to large mixing bowl
- Rub in the butter using your finger tips. Do NOT overwork the dough
- Add the lemon juice, vanilla extract and milk using a kitchen knife to mix until just combined
- Gently stir through the glace cherries until evenly spread
- Bring the dough together and roll out on a lightly floured surface until about 3-4cm thick. Cut out using your preferred sized cutter
- Bake until golden on the top and bottom. Large scones will take around 20 minutes - Smaller ones will take 12-15 minutes
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack. Best eaten the same day
Notes
For large scones, this recipe will serve around 6 scones. You should be able to get around 12 scones out of this recipe, using small cutters.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 448kcalCarbohydrates: 74gProtein: 8gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 97mgPotassium: 83mgFiber: 2gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 376IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
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