Bridal Shower Food : English Scones

Ingredients

• 1lb self rising flour 2 cups
• A pinch of salt
• 2 oz superfine sugar
• 3 oz butter
• 10 fl oz milk
• This will make about 25 scones

Procedure

First pre-heat your oven to 425°F (220°C) and lightly butter a baking sheet or two.
Next sift the flour and rub in the butter, then add the sugar and salt and mix together. Now whilst still stirring, add the milk a little at a time. Then kneed the mixture to a soft dough and after flouring your rolling-pin and board, roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1 inch. Now with about a 2 inch in diameter cookie cutter, cut into rounds. Then put the scones onto the lightly buttered baking sheet and sprinkle their tops with flour. Next bake them in the oven for approximately 15 minutes, although they may need a little longer or a little less baking time depending on their size.

To serve your scones leave them to cool, then cut them in half and spread one half with butter and the other half with butter and strawberry jelly (jelly is called jam in England) then top this half with the buttered half of the scone. For that extra special treat, spread one half with butter and the other half with butter and strawberry jelly and a dollop of heavy cream, in England this is called double cream. Then put the two halves back together again - Delicious.