Cherry scones

Cherry scones

Sweeten up your scones with this easy recipe - ideal for a posh afternoon tea

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12-15

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Put the flour, ½ tsp salt, bicarb and butter into a bowl and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in the sugar.
  2. Quickly mix in the buttermilk, a splash of milk, vanilla and cherries and bring together to form a soft dough. Press out onto a lightly floured surface, to about 3cm thick. Cut out with 5cm cutters.
  3. Transfer to a lightly floured baking sheet, brush with the remaining milk and bake for 12-15 mins until golden and well risen. Serve with clotted cream and jam.

PER SERVING

218 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 36g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 1g, sugar 8g, salt 0.72 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2011.

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  • 22 March 2011

    Pauline Jenkins commented on this recipe

    There seems to be far too much flour compared to other cherry scone recipes. I am reluctant to try .

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  • 12 May 2011

    babe rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I am about to make my third batch of cherry scones for the church coffee mornings. They are light and tasty. Freeze well also.

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  • 27 May 2011

    Felicia Lazaar rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I was afraid to try these, because of the first comment, but they turned out fine! I would have preferred them a little bit sweeter, but that is just a personal thing. I would make them again.

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  • 27 June 2011

    Briano rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    works well, scones are light and tasty, i added double the cherries, and they were loved by the kids!

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  • 24 July 2011

    TheLegendJoe rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Light fluffy scones, very tasty!

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  • 21 August 2011

    Jeezipeeps commented on this recipe

    I tried this recipe yesterday and was initially amazed at how much flour is in it. I didn't have buttermilk, so I used a roughly equivalent amount of leftover plain yoghurt and creme fraiche. And these scones are the best I've ever made! (I also took on board another comment and added an extra spoonful of sugar.) I'd thoroughly recommend them. They came out very light indeed. I'll be making them again.

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  • 03 November 2011

    little farm girl commented on this recipe

    I made these scones but I put sultananas in instead of cherry's as he prefers them it is a great recipe and I will be making it again as my husband thought that they were better and lighter than the recipe that I always use.

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  • 03 November 2011

    little farm girl rated this recipe

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  • 26 December 2011

    Yakman rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Light and fluffy, puffed up like Yorkshires! Will go for a larger cutter and fewer scones next time but they taste delicious!

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  • 18 January 2012

    Anne commented on this recipe

    Added some almonds as I think they go well with cherries. Lovely scones but will add more sugar next time.

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    04 April 2012

    Di rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I had a bit of a disaster in that I put all the milk in the mix which then turned up too moist so fell over when baking :-/ Also used "Taste the difference" vanilla essence which overpowered everything else. That said, they did still turn out fluffy and lovely. Right amount of sugar for me too. Agree with Yakman, I'd go for larger cutter next time, these turned out quite mini.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12-15

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 450g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 100g cold butter , diced
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 284ml pot buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 100g glacé cherries , chopped
  • clotted cream and cherry or strawberry jam, to serve
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PER SERVING

218 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 36g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 1g, sugar 8g, salt 0.72 g

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