Up until very recently my enjoyment of scones has been limited to whenever my visiting my gran coincides with her having baked, but the last time I called in I decided to take the bull by the horns and do it myself!
It's so simple - I've made them twice and haven't messed up, and that's saying something!
What you need
1 lb self-raising flour
1/4 lb sugar
pinch of salt
level teaspoon or bit with of baking powder
1/4 lb marg
Milk
How to do it
Stir the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder together in a big bowl. Rub in the marg (kind of sift it all through your fingers lightly, getting in as much air as possible). Add milk to make it into dough (a few dashes - you'll know yourself, you just need it to stick together). Knead (use a decent whack of flour), roll out (on a surface sprinkled with flour), then cut out into scones either with a knife or a scone cutter if you have one.
Bake on a flat tray sprinkled with flour for about 10 minutes at 180 degrees in a fan oven, then turn back to 160 degrees and bake for just over 5 minutes more.
