Rock Buns

Ingredients
200g (8oz) self-raising flour, plus a pinch of salt
100g (4oz) margerine
100g (4oz) caster or brown or granulated sugar... sugar, you get the idea
2-3 tsp spices - nutmeg, cardamom, tiny bit of ginger, cinnamon perhaps
raisins or dried cranberries / mixed peel / cherries / whatever takes your fancy
1 egg
tiny drop of milk

Method
Oven to 190C.
Mix the flour and salt together, rub in the margerine.
Add the sugar, spices and dried fruit.
Add the egg and mix to a stiff dough, adding a tiny (TINY) bit of milk if it's just not binding.
Grease a baking tray. Put rough lumps of dough onto the tray, bake for 15-20 minutes. Makes 8 generous rock buns, or up to 12 diet size ones.

They should be chewy in the middle but crunchy on the outside.



I added more than a drop of milk, and hence my rock buns have spread out rather than keep their rock shape :( but at least they taste good!

By my 4th attempt I tried adding 2tbsp cocoa powder, 2tsp ginger, 2tsp nutmeg and a packet of rehydrated dried cherries, and a drop of vanilla and 2tbsp milk with the egg. They were good, but a little too gingery...