Whether you're new to making scones and shortcakes or you've made them before, our scone and shortcake recipes offer something for everyone. Learning how to make scones has never been easier with our foolproof tips and tricks, including how to rub together butter and flour. Whether you’re 'jam then cream' or vice versa, there's a scone or shortcake recipe for everyone. 
 
Our range of recipes includes sweet and savoury options - Marmite lovers will go crazy for our <a href="/recipes/cheese-and-marmite-scones">Cheese and Marmite scones</a> - and we've also got easy recipes for fruit scones, calorie conscious scones, buttermilk scones and <a href="/recipes/gluten-free-afternoon-scones">gluten free scones</a>.

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You can whip up a fresh batch of our quick and easy scone recipe with just five simple ingredients.&nbsp; We love these golden scones with a dollop of clotted cream and fruity jam (or jam then cream, depending on your preference). They are also just as tasty spread with butter.&nbsp;
<h3>How can I make my scones rise higher?</h3>
To make your scones rise higher, you will want to keep your dough a thick depth when pressing into shapes with your cutter. Chill your bowl, pastry cutter and butter before using them to help with a good rise. You can even chill your scones on the baking tray in the fridge for 15 minutes to give a fluffy texture when baked (plus this is a great opportunity to preheat your oven).
When placing the scones on your baking tray, squish them together (similar to when baking cinnamon rolls), as when they bake they will rise together and have lovely soft sides when pulled apart.&nbsp;
<h3>How to bake light, fluffy scones</h3>
There are a few potential reasons your scones aren’t coming out as light and fluffy as you may like.
One common mishap is over-mixing; you want to mix your ingredients until they just come together, a few lumps in the mix are to be expected. It’s also worth mixing the dry and wet ingredients together in separate bowls before combining.
Try to mix your scone dough by hand as using a food mixer, while convenient, can result in over-mixing. It is also worth spending time to sieve your flour once (maybe even twice) before mixing with the other ingredients, as this will aerate the flour and help you achieve fluffy scones.&nbsp;
<h3>How to make moist scones which rise well</h3>
Nobody wants a crumbly scone, so to avoid this make sure that you follow the ingredient measurements precisely to ensure that there is enough liquid used in the mix. Try not to over-handle, treat the dough gently (kneading with light pressure) and don’t overmix or overbake as this will result in a tough and crumbly scone.
If you loved this easy scones recipe, check out our full range of <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/categories/scones-and-shortcakes">scone recipes</a> that include sweet and savoury options.
<h3>Why Try Our Basic Scones Recipe?</h3>
⭐Simple scone recipe with just five ingredients
⭐Ready in 30 minutes
⭐Will keep for up to a week in an airtight container

Easy Scones Recipe

Scones are a classic British cake, and these low calorie scones are no exception. Why not trying serving with this a crushed strawberry filling and you will only need a small dollop of low fat cream or crème fraiche. There's only 208 calories per scone!

Low Sugar Scones

This scone is a&nbsp;delicious ginger twist on the traditional scone, perfect to be served with jam and clotted cream.

Ginger Scones

We've put a delicious twist on the traditional English scone by pairing up juicy raspberries and coconut. A yummy addition to any afternoon tea party.

Raspberry & Coconut Scones

These Stilton and Parsley scones truly are delicious for a bit of added heat- add some cayenne pepper. Perfect for a picnic! Why not try making mini ones for canapés too?

Stilton & Parsley Scones

Try these fruity nutty scones with a crunchy&nbsp;demerara topping. They are so quick to make for anytime and are truly delicious served with fresh cream and homemade jam.

Walnut and apple scones

These honey &amp; blueberry scones are really something else. We've used honey in our recipe which really brings not only the flavour, but the texture to life as well.

Blueberry & Honey Scones

Our Welsh Cake recipe follows the traditional method of cooking the sweet dough on a shallow frying pan or griddle. Welsh Cakes are often referred to as griddle cakes and usually contain dried fruits such as currants and warming spices. We've used mace as the spice for this recipe but you could just as easily replace with cinnamon or nutmeg. This Welsh Cakes recipe is really one to experiment with, swap ingredients, change the dried fruit or even cook on a panini griddle!

Welsh Cakes

These delicious strawberry shortcakes are a bit like a buttery sponge with scone-like properties, filled with whipped cream and fresh strawberries, they are a great afternoon tea treat.

Strawberry Shortcakes

These melt-in-the-mouth cheese scones are the perfect addition to a homemade soup or stew. We love eating ours fresh out of the oven, with a slather of butter.

Cheese Scones Recipe

Calling all Marmite lovers! Cheese and Marmite go together like peaches and cream. Marmite enhances the cheese flavour of these scones and brings a good all round savoury flavour.&nbsp;You're either going to love these scones or hate them. There's only one way to find out! The best way to eat these is to warm them up and add lashings of butter. 
 
For something a little different, why not try out our <a data-item-id="820f60a4-c9f8-51db-8b82-22da783d077b" href="">cheese and marmite puff pastry swirls</a>.

Cheese & Marmite Scones

This blueberry scone recipe is special. Overflowing with ripe and juicy summer British blueberries and covered with a zesty lemon glaze with poppy seeds for some extra crunch, you won't get much better than this when it comes to flavour.

Blueberry Scones

These lemon scones are so yummy and easy to make. They're soft and light with a crumbly and slightly crunchy outside. We've added a lemon drizzle topping with a sprinkling of poppy seeds for that extra punch of sweet lemony flavour. Fancy spreading some lemon curd in the middle? We've got the perfect <a data-item-id="6aff5b4b-e840-5d28-bd6d-8e3327a782ed" href="">lemon curd recipe</a>. You don't need an occasion to bake these tangy treats, just a day ending with a 'Y' is a good enough reason in our books.&nbsp;

Lemon Scones Recipe

These delicious savoury scones are best served warm with a liberal spread of butter.

Cheese and mustard scones

What's the secret to baking fluffy, light scones? Well, this easy fruit scones recipe is a great place to start.
Arguably the most important element of mastering the infamous English Afternoon Tea - these show stopping scones are a total British classic. Simply serve with a generous dollop of whipped cream and a slather of <a data-item-id="604f8bca-ab80-5e0f-bf56-716fbba5ff1c" href="">Strawberry Jam</a> - question is, cream or jam first? One things for sure, once you've mastered this fluffy scones recipe you'll be whipping these up for every occasion, including the Jubilee.

Fruit Scones Recipe

These gluten-free scones will give you all the texture and fluffiness that you might miss out from when baking without gluten. They're deliciously sweet and moreish, and are too good to resist when smothered in cream and jam - whats afternoon tea without homemade gluten free scones?

Gluten Free Scones

Our Teatime Scone recipe is made without egg and can be made really quickly. If this is your first time making scones then this recipe is the one for you. The scones rise really well and you can follow along using the video below.&nbsp;

Teatime Scones

What could be more British than a classic afternoon tea and of course the star of the show, the mighty scone? Add a twist to your favourite bake, by infusing English Afternoon tea to your scones, then serve with your jam of choice and a large helping of clotted cream.

English Afternoon Tea Scones

When you want a treat for a scrumptious afternoon tea, this is the scone recipe to bake! It's flavoursome, light, and just the right partner for summer strawberries.
If you're looking for a dairy-free buttermilk alternative or you don't have any buttermilk to hand, our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/baking-tips/buttermilk-substitutes">buttermilk substitutes</a> are perfect for switching out to help you create the perfect buttermilk scones.&nbsp;

Buttermilk scones

A twist on making hot cross buns! Seasonal pretty little bakes.