Foolproof SCONE recipe needed please.

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I have a recipe I used to make a lot and it always worked well, but recently it has let me down Today I made some for a party and they were just awful - hard, chewy little rocks.

Time for a new recipe methinks....

(BTW, Mine is 2T butter, rubbed into 2 cups SR Flour, 1T sugar, 2ooml milk)

From my Be-ro book of wisdom:

Rich Scones MAKES 8

225 g (8 oz) Be-Ro Self Raising Flour
pinch salt
50 g (2 oz) margarine
25 g (1 oz) caster sugar
50 g (2 oz) currants/sultanas
1 medium egg, beaten with sufficient milk to make 150 ml (¼ pint) liquid

1 Heat oven to 220ºC, 425ºF, Gas Mark 7 and grease a baking tray.
2 Mix flour, and salt, rub in margarine and stir in sugar and fruit.
3 Add egg mixture and milk reserving a little for brushing the tops.
4 Knead lightly on a floured surface and roll out to 1 cm (½ inch) in thickness and cut into 6.5 cm (2½ inch) rounds.
5 Re-roll the trimmings and cut more rounds.
6 Brush the tops with egg and milk and bake for about 10 minutes.

Plain Scones Makes 8

225 g (8 oz) Be-Ro Self Raising Flour
pinch salt
50 g (2 oz) margarine
enough milk to make a soft dough

1 Make and bake as for rich scones. Ideal with strawberry jam and for cream teas.
2 Plain scones are much paler in colour to the other scones. For a golden finish brush with milk or egg.

Thanks, I'll try it!

Scone-baking tip: don't roll the dough out too flat. In fact, hardly roll it at all, just flatten to about 2" thick with your hands.

thanks elastic