Help Please!

[horseshoes]

I'm just measuring out my ingredients for making buttermilk scones, and have noticed a HUGE difference between recipes. I was using the Mary Berry one which has 450 gms sr four and 75 gms of butter, but anther recipe has 175 gms butter for same among of flour! I've not made these before, I'd be glad of your help. Thank you.

[Old_Geezer]

I'd have thought there was no reason to think either is necessarily wrong. One would be more buttery, and thus higher in fat and calories, than the other.

You could try splitting your ingredients in two and seeing which came out best.

[Old_Geezer]

The bbc 'good food' one suggests 100 gms of butter :-)

[TheWinner]

If you are using a Mary Berry recipe, stick with what she has given. Don't go off what other recipes say, its OK - they can vary per recipe.

[horseshoes]

Well I think I found the answer. I DID stick with Mary Berry's recipe and then I noticed that she uses 2 eggs while the their recipe didn't!

Anyway, I've always been rubbish at making scones ( I make nice pastry though), and these have turned out looking like round topped dumplings, but they TASTE gorgeous. Thank all.

[jamesnan]

I use 8ozs flour to 2ozs fat, 2 teaspoons sugar, and milk and natural yogurt to mix. The secret of scones is do not handle very much, as little as possible is the key.

[smoneybags]

My mother in law gave me some scones made with Mary Berry's recipe and I thought my hey were more 'cakey' than the ones I make.