These NZ-style date scones are light, fluffy and utterly delicious. Serve warm with lashings of butter for the ultimate tea-time snack! Not all scones are made equal. In the US, scones tend to be sweet, dense, crumbly and shaped like a triangle. On the other hand, in...
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