Ingredients:
360g self-raising, wholemeal, flour
90g butter
1 dessert spoon black treacle
1/2 tsp salt
30ml milk (about)
Method:
Add the salt to the flour in a bowl then rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the treacle and sufficient milk for the mixture to come together as a soft dough.
Tip onto a floured surface and roll to 3cm thick. Use a 5cm pastry cutter to cut scones from the dough. Transfer these to a well-greased baking tray and continue until all the dough is used up. Transfer to an oven pre-heated to 200°C (400°F/Gas Mark 6) and bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden and cooked through. Transfer to a wire rack to cool and serve halved and spread liberally with butter.