Baking at the weekend - Cherry Scones

I can often be found in the kitchen baking cakes or cookies at the weekend. I'm not the best cook in the world but I've learnt lots from my mum and one of our favourite things to bake is scones. This is our own adapted recipe as I love cherries and they make a great substitute for sultanas (you could use both if you liked!) It's a really simply recipe and quick to make. They can even be frozen for another day - if you've managed not to eat them all that is!

Cherry Scones

Makes 7/8

Ingredients:

300g Self-raising flour

1 tsp Baking powder

75g Margarine

50g Caster sugar

1 egg

Milk

100g Glacé  cherries (chopped)

1 tsp vanilla essence

Method:

1.  Sieve flour and baking powder together, rub in margarine.

2.  Stir in sugar and cherries.

3.  Add egg and vanilla essence, slowly add milk until the mixture is worked into a soft dough.

4.  Roll out to 12mm thick and use a cutter to cut out scones

5.  Place on a lined baking tray. Bake for 10 minutes at 240ºC.

6. Once cooked leave to cool and then eat on their own, with butter or smothered in jam and cream!