IF you want to treat your special someone to something sweet, and just a little bit fruity this Valentine’s Day,
Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown has created a delicious cherry scone recipe.
Scones should be served warm-from-the-oven, with clotted cream and cherry or strawberry jam.
Ingredients
450g self-raising flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
100g cold butter, diced
2 tbsp caster sugar
284ml buttermilk
2 tbsp milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
100g glacé cherry, chopped
clotted cream and cherry or strawberry jam, to serve
Method
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Combine the flour, ½ tsp salt, bicarbonate of soda and butter in a bowl and rub in with fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in the sugar.
Quickly mix in the buttermilk, a splash of milk, vanilla and chopped cherries and bring together to form a soft dough. Press out onto a lightly floured surface, to about 3cm thick. Cut out with heart-shaped cutters. Transfer to a lightly floured baking sheet, brush with the remaining milk and bake for 12-15 mins until golden and well risen. Serve with clotted cream and jam.
Competition
Haskins Garden Centres is offering one lucky couple the chance to win afternoon tea for two (worth £15.95). Available to enjoy at the Ferndown centre, the prize includes a pot of tea for two with a selection of finger sandwiches, homemade cakes and scones.
How To Enter:
To be in with a chance of winning this prize, please answer the following question.
How long has Haskins been helping gardens to bloom? To find out visit haskins.co.uk
By Post: Send your entry on the back of a postcard along with your name, address, e-mail and contact number to Haskins Competition, Daily Echo, Fleet House Hampshire Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9XD before the closing date of Monday February 29 2016
An afternoon tea booking must be made at Haskins Ferndown and must be claimed by Thursday 31 March 2016.
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