Easy Scones

I know I should be eating healthily to get my cholesterol lowered and lose those love handles but if nobody's holding them what the heck.

Scones are a great comfort food and these are delicious. They are indulgently big but so what?



Mix 350g SR flour, quarter tsp salt, 1tsp baking powder, 85g cold butter, 4 tbsp castor sugar rubbing with fingers until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs or just blitz for 1 minute in a processor.

Heat 150g (3 tbsp) full fat yoghurt with 4tbsp milk and 1 tsp vanilla essence in a microwave for 1 minute.

Make a well in the centre of the flour mix and add the liquid mix gradually stirring in and folding over a few times then get your hands in and press until a smooth dough is formed, don't overdo it.

Divide the mixture into 4 equal portions and form into rounds. I use a yorkshire pudding baking dish. Coat the circles with a small amount of flour then place a dough ball in each and bake for 12 minutes at 200fan, 180C in the top of the oven.

Allow to cool slightly and eat with lashings of butter and apricot jam.
Tip : when you cut the scones in half to eat use a fork instead of a knife to pierce all around and this will stop the scone from crumbling.