Large and fluffy these scones can make and Sunday brunch fancier served with clotted cream and jams and then you can enjoy them also at tea time! I love to alternate these Mary Berry Fruit Scones with Rock Buns recipe also from Mary Berry.
Yields: 14 scones
Prep Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Total: 15 mins
Why try the Fruit Scones by Mary Berry?
Since you stumbled on this page I’m pretty sure you know how much Mary Berry is fond of baking with lots of years of experience creating delicious recipes which are easy to follow. This is another recipe that makes you want to make scones from scratch and having fun with your kids doing an activity which is extremely rewarding.
British also very fond of scones being the perfect snack for morning or afternoon tea. So why all the hassle to buy them when you can taste them fresh in just around 20 minutes if you get the hand of it. Mary Berry’s recipe for fruit scones is tried and tested, meaning that you can be sure that the end result will be a batch of light, fluffy, and tasty scones.
This recipe also uses simple ingredients that are readily available, so you can easily make these scones at home without having to search for speciality ingredients like organic orange peel and so on. This Mary Berry’s recipe is a great place to start if you’re new to baking. Enjoy!
Mary Berry Fruit Scones Recipe
Ingredients
8 oz flour, self-raising
1 tsp baking powder
2 oz butter, softened
1 oz caster sugar
2 oz mixed dried fruit
1 egg, large
1/4 cup milk
How to do Mary Berry Fruit Scones
- Preheat the oven at 220C.
- Grease 2 baking trays or cover the trays with baking paper.
- Sieve the flour and baking flour in a large bowl.
- Add the butter rubbing it in with you fingertips.
- Keep on rubbing until the mixture looks like crunchy breadcrumbs
- Now rub in the sugar together with the dried fruit.
- Pour the egg and add around 1/4 cup milk paying attention to fill a little more than half a cup (approximately 3/5 cup)
- Stir the egg and milk mixture together with the flour mixture and mix into a soft dough
- Dust the surface with some flour, knead lightly and roll out leaving dough thick around 1/2 inch.
- Using a cutter, cut into 2 inches circles and place on the baking trays.
- Bake for around 10-15 minutes or until the Mary Berry fruit scones start getting brownish.
- Take out the baked scones and put them into a wire rack to cool.
- Serve with Mary Berry strawberry jam, clotted cream or however you prefer the scones.
Mary Berry Fruit Scones Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 oz flour self-raising
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 oz butter softened
- 1 oz caster sugar
- 2 oz mixed dried fruit
- 1 egg large
- ¼ cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 220C.
- Grease 2 baking trays or cover the trays with baking paper.
- Sieve the flour and baking flour in a large bowl.
- Add the butter rubbing it in with you fingertips.
- Keep on rubbing until the mixture looks like crunchy breadcrumbs
- Now rub in the sugar together with the dried fruit.
- Pour the egg and add around 1/4 cup milk paying attention to fill a little more than half a cup (approximately 3/5 cup)
- Stir the egg and milk mixture together with the flour mixture and mix into a soft dough
- Dust the surface with some flour, knead lightly and roll out leaving dough thick around 1/2 inch.
- Using a cutter, cut into 2 inches circles and place on the baking trays.
- Bake for around 10 minutes or until the mary berry fruit scones start getting brownish.
- Take out the baked scones and put them into a wire rack to cool.
- Serve with Strawberry Jam, whipping cream or however you prefer the scones.