Better-Than-Hagrid's Rock Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, chilled
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons milk
• coarse sugar

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 400°F Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. 2

   Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl and rub in the butter lightly with the fingers until the mix looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and currants.

3. 3

   Beat the egg together lightly with the milk and vanilla. Pour it into the flour mixture and stir until the dough comes together into a ball.

4. 4

   Shape dough into 2 inch balls, dip the tops in coarse sugar and place on baking sheet. They won’t spread very much, so they can be fairly close together.

5. 5

   Bake for about 13-16 minutes, until tops of cakes are light gold.

6. 6

   Remove to a wire rack to cool, or eat them straight away.