Fat Rascals are a Yorkshire luxury scone type of bake. When ever I look after my little grandson I almost press my nose to the glass and look at them in the window of Betty’s tea room. They cost far too much for my budget and the recipe is a secret but we decided to make some ourselves using a combination of different recipes that we found. We called them fat scallies as I believe the recipe is protected. Although I say it myself, our version were flipping gorgeous. They are not particularly frugal to make, but cost a lot less than the originals. I have eaten some today after they have been kept in an airtight tin for 4 days and they have kept really well and are just as moist. We will definitely be making these again.
Ingredients
150g Self Raising Flour
150g plain flour
120g caster sugar
130g butter
150g mixed fruit
50g stem ginger chopped small (I used crystalized ginger as it is all I had)
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp of nutmeg
zest of one lemon
zest of 2 oranges
2 eggs, beaten
50ml of double cream (can use milk but quality might not be as good)
1 tsp baking powder
glace cherries and blanched or flaked almonds for decorating,
Method
1.Heat the oven to 180C
2.Put all of the dry ingredients (except the cherries and the almonds) into a bowl.
3. Add the wet ingredients to make a dough. I did not put all the egg in as it would have been too wet but saved some to brush the tops.
4. Form the dough into balls and press down lightly. The recipe says that it makes 12 but we made 10 larger ones like the ones in the window.
5. Decorate with the cherries and almonds on top
6. Brush the remaining egg on the top.
7. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. They will be golden when ready
8. Leave on the tray to cool
9. Transfer to a cooling rack after 15 minutes.
I hope that you enjoy them as much as we did. We will be making these for our summer afternoon teas for the relatives, and for taking on our self catering holidays for a treat.
These look and sound amazing. Can’t wait to try them 😋
Thank you. I hope that you enjoy them and thanks for commenting
These look delicious and i shall definitely be making some! My Mum used to make them every Thursday (baking day).
How wonderful. I hope that they bring back nice memories of your Mum
They look yummy I hope freezing works too otherwise I may just have to quality check more than 1 . X
Thanks. Yes I must admit I have quality checked a few. We went past a shop today and they were called fat scoundrels lol
I’m going to make these tomorrow they look delicious
I hope that you enjoy them
Would they freeze do think. Be good to take away camping.
Thanks
I have never actually frozen them as we usually give some away as gifts but I can not see why not. We freeze rock buns and scones and they are both similar
These look absolutely scrumptious!
Thank you. They taste great as well. Thanks for commenting
I absolutely love these. I’ve been buying them when I go to the tweed mill as a treat but at £3 or more each it works out expensive. I wonder if I could bake them in my large airfryer?.
I have never tried them in an air fryer but have made scones and rock buns which are similar.
These look really scrumptious, will be making them very soon!
Good. I hope that you enjoy them. We save them for special occasions and pretend that we are in a posh cafe. Thanks for commenting
They look amazing, another thing on my list to make, thanks toni xx
No worries. Thanks for commenting
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe will definitely try to make these xx
I hope that you like them. Thanks for commenting