Baby Shower English Recipes

Olde English Scones

Ingredients
8 oz (2 cups) self-rising flour
1½ oz (3 tablespoons) butter
1½ oz superfine sugar
A pinch of salt
About 5 fl oz (just over ½ cup) milk
you will also need
a baking sheet

Cooking Instructions
The butter for these traditional English scones needs to be at room temperature, so you may have to take it out of the refrigerator several hours before baking.

Begin by preheating the oven to 425°F, and then grease (butter) a baking sheet. Next sift the flour into a large bowl. Then with your fingertips rub the butter into the flour. Now add the sugar and the salt and mix with a knife. Next, mixing as you do so, add the milk a little at a time.

After this, lightly flour your hands and knead the mixture to a dough – just add a little more milk if it feels too dry. Then lightly flour a suitable surface or board and a rolling-pin and roll out the dough so that it’s about an inch in thickness. Next, with a cutter, that measures about 2 inches across, cut into rounds. Now put the scones on the greased baking sheet, dust their tops with flour, and bake in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes.

To serve your scones as a baby shower treat. First allow the scones to cool, then slice them in half. Now spread one half with butter and the other half with butter and strawberry jam or jelly; then sandwich the two halves together. And for an extra special treat, before sandwiching together, place a dollop of clotted or heavy cream on top of the jam - delicious.
This would make an ideal treat for guests at a baby shower.