the scones were delicious! however, be wary of them when they're in the oven. I found 8ish minutes were just fine for mine. (:

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After a weekend of experimenting, here's what I found... Scottbutcher's recipe for a 6 scones had too much milk, ended up with a sticky mess for dough and dense scones. Made the scaled down version again using 1/2 cup of milk and then splashed in additional milk until dough barely clung together. Ended with perfectly flakey scones. I tried lowering temp to 450, but found after 12 minutes they hadn't browned at all. Made another batch at 475 and they came out perfect.

After a weekend of experimenting, here's what I found... Scottbutcher's recipe for a 6 scones had too much milk, ended up with a sticky mess for dough and dense scones. Made the scaled down version again using 1/2 cup of milk and then splashed in additional milk until dough just barely clung together. This gave my scones that perfectly flakey texture. I tried baking at 450 degrees, but found after 12 minutes they hadn't browned at all. Made another batch at 475 and they came out perfect.

I agree with shellbell14, the temp was too high. The first time I made it, I thought I would do the temp lower, because I didn't want to burn them. They didn't really poof up and rise like on the video, though. Second time I did 475 degrees for abt. 9 minutes. They burned a little, but didn't seem completely done. They seemed to rise a little more though. Did other peoples' do fine? It seems like a tricky recipe. Any help would be welcome.

These are fantastic! I made them yesterday and again today, topped with butter and red raspberry jam, but their even good plain. Haven't found Devonshire cream just yet.

In response to yellobutterfly. you can maker superfine sugar by putting regular sugar into a food processor or blender. Shellbell, the recipe calls for 1/4 plus 2 TBS of sugar. Did anyone else try this recipe?

I just made this recipe and was disappointed. First off, the recommended oven temp seemed way to high-the scones started to burn on the bottom after 7 minutes. Also, they seemed way more like a biscuit instead of a "scone". I added more sugar to the recipe as a little over 2Tbs. seemed way to shy given 6c. flour.

also, would you just use a knife, or is there a triangle shaped cutter?

I don't have superfine, and I don't know what castor sugar is, will granulated white work? IF so, do I use the same amount, or less/more since it is a different sugar? On the show they showed a picture of these scones but they were a triangle shape and had a white glaze drizzled on top, was that a powdered sugar glaze, or is that devonshire cream also?