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Fruit scones

YOU WILL NEED

✔ 350g plain flour, plus extra for dusting and cutting ✔ ½ tsp salt ✔ 1 tbsp baking powder ✔ 85g cold butter, cut into cubes ✔ 4 tbsp caster sugar ✔ 175ml milk, plus extra to glaze ✔ 1 tbsp lemon juice ✔ 35g mixed dried fruit ✔ 40g sultanas

DIRECTIONS

■ Preheat the oven to 220°C/Gas Mark 7. Line a baking sheet with non-stick baking paper. Put the flour in a bowl with the salt and baking powder, then stir to combine.

■ Add the butter and rub together with your fingertips until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs, then stir through the caster sugar. Make a well in the centre of the mixture.

■ Heat the milk in a small pan or in the microwave until lukewarm. Add the lemon juice. Pour the milk mix into the well and add the dried fruit and sultanas. Stir with a metal spoon to combine into a shaggy dough.

■ Turn the dough out onto

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