British Buttermilk Scones

Scones are a traditional British bakery item, similar to American biscuits, that are thought to have originated in Scotland in the sixteenth century. No one is sure where the name came from, although the Oxford English Dictionary claims it may be a mutation of the Dutch and German schoonbrot or sconbrot, meaning fine bread.

How to pronounce the word opens a whole new and often controversial debate, although saying “skon” or “skone” are both widely accepted. However you