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I am donating this family favourite recipe to The Pink Whisk Save the Children Recipe Challenge in support of Save the Children’s Name a Day and Hidden Hunger campaign. Pop over to The Pink Whisk for more information about how you can donate a recipe too.

Ingredients

• 450g self raising flour
• 80g caster sugar
• 100g cold butter
• 284ml buttermilk
• 200g glace cherries
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 2 tbsp milk

1. Preheat the oven to 220•C/Gas mark 7
2. Rub the flour, butter & bicarbonate of soda together in a bowl until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
3. Add the sugar to the bowl and mix.
4. Add the cherries, buttermilk and almond extract and mix quickly to form a dough. If too dry add a very small amount of milk
5. Press, not roll the dough on a clean lightly floured surface until it is approximately 3cm thick and cut out into rounds with a 5cm cutter.
6. Lightly flour a baking sheet and place the dough rounds on it leaving space for expansion.
7. Brush the dough with milk
8. Bake for approximately 12-15 minutes until golden
9. It goes without saying serve warm with thick cream ( my favourite is clotted cream) and jam.

Makes approximately 12 scones