This picture was taken moments after the scones were taken out of the oven (you can see the cream melting on the hot scones)

 

Ingredients

The recipe proportions used was J. Oliver's:

500 g self-raising flour
150 g butter (salted or unsalted - your pick; add salt if you use the latter)
2 X teaspoons sugar
2 X teaspoons of baking powder (this was omitted in the result seen above)
Milk (quantity as required)

Some recipes use less butter - the quantity of the latter will affect the crumb of the resultant scone.

Method

Dice butter into pieces and coarsely rub together with the flour.
Do not over work the dough. What is wanted is a dryish, crumbly dough which just sticks together (add milk if the dough is too dry).
Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Roll out the mix to a thickness of a 2 - 3 cm. Do not over compress the mix or you will end up with rock cakes.
Use a cookie cutter to cut out to your desired scone dimension (taller than wide is nice).
Place the cut shapes onto a baking tray; wash with milk or egg for a golden top (milk was used in the result above).
Bake at 180 degrees centigrade for at least 15 minutes.
What is wanted is a slightly crunchy exterior and a crumbly interior (this will only happen if the scone is properly cooked).
 

Pronouncing it

There is a bit of snobbishness attached to how "scone" is pronounced.

Apparently, the "proper" way is "SKON" (rhyming with "gone") rather than "SKONE" (rhyming with "bone").
A YOUGOV survey of Britons in 2016 revealed that most of them (51%) used the proper pronunciation while 42% said it the other way (don't know what the "missing" 7% say).
You should ask why SCONE has the letter "e" at the end of it if it is properly pronounced "SKON".
That's the English language for you - full of irregularities and eccentricities.

Eating it

Pronunciation of "scones" is not the only debate: How it should be eaten is also divisive.
Scones are split BY HAND into two halves, then slathered with cream and strawberry ("STRAWBRI" and not "STRAW BERRI") jam.
BUT which is put on first?
In Cornwall, they put the jam first and then the cream. In Devon, cream is put on first.
Her Majesty Ah Queen would have a fit if she saw the photo above because the scone has been done in the Devon manner.
Ah Queen puts jam first and then the cream on top of it.
So if you ever attend a Buckingham Palace garden party, do not be an etiquette twit - follow the royal protocol.

For those who don't give a fig, the most important thing is the scone is shoved down the gullet, cream, jam and all.