I made Mary Berry's simple scones in underneath half-hour and so they're the right afternoon deal with

• I made Mary Berry’s scones in underneath half-hour. 
• They have been fast and simple to make, and there have been no soggy bottoms in sight.
• Topped with jam and (a pretend) clotted cream, they tasted scrumptious and have been successful at my occasion.

As a Brit residing within the US, at any time when I get homesick I watch a British homicide thriller (there are too many to call one), or placed on an episode of “The Nice British Baking Present.”

If it is the latter, it is normally not lengthy earlier than I am sweating over the oven to make one thing that’ll style like residence.

So once I hosted a Eurovision watch occasion this Could, and needed to bake one thing British to match the theme, I turned to a recipe that is change into a favourite: Mary Berry’s scones.

The previous “Bake Off” choose has a foolproof recipe, revealed by the BBC. It is exhausting to screw up, and virtually unattainable to finish up with a soggy backside.