Cream Teas

I had a real craving for fruit scones yesterday, perhaps its due to the cold weather? So as traditional 'English' scones are not available here, there was nothing for it but to bake a batch, (they are super easy to make anyway).  In my opinion there is nothing quite so delicious as a freshly baked fruit scone filled with fresh cream and strawberry jam,  just perfect, especially with a cup of English tea.  !!
Here's the recipe I used if you fancy trying them out for yourself....Lilly x

225g self-raising flour

2 teaspoons baking power

50g butter

25g caster sugar

50g dried fruit

1 egg

150ml milk

Mix flour and baking powder, then add butter and mix to resemble breadcrumbs  Stir in sugar and fruit.  Break egg and mix with milk. Add to the dry ingredients (saving a little liquid back) until you have a soft dough, adding the rest of the liquid if necessary.  Roll to thickness of 1cm.  Cut into rounds using a 5cm cutter.  Brush tops with egg-milk mixture and bake on a greased baking sheet for around 10 minutes at 220oc. 

Ps  The pretty vintage tea set was a charity shop find.

Tea pot, milk jug, four cups and saucers, and four cake plates - £10