Laura’s Lovely Fruit Scones

Ingredients

• 85g chilled butter - cubed
• 360g self-raising flour
• 2tsp baking powder
• 35g caster sugar
• 80g raisins and sultanas
• 150ml milk
• 2 large eggs (beaten)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius / gas mark 7 / 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Add the butter, flour and baking powder to a chilled mixing bowl and using your hands rub the butter and the flour together, making a light, crumbly mixture. You want to keep all of these ingredients as cool as possible whilst doing this, then stir in the sugar and the and the dried fruit.
3. Add the milk and all but one tablespoon of the eggs into the flour mixture, until it makes a moist, soft dough.
4. Lightly flour your work surface and turn out the dough. Gather the dough into a ball, and then roll out until it is roughly three quarters of an inch thick. Cut out as many circles as you can (I normally get about 10) and add them to a lightly greased baking tray.
5. Brush all of the scones with the rest of the egg, then add to the oven and cook for 10-12 minutes, or until they have risen and turned a light golden-brown colour
6. Remove the scones and leave to cool on a wire rack.