The Lonely Scone

Based in Glossop, Derbyshire, we are passionate about scones! We began producing general homebake from our own kitchen but found that the scones were outselling everything else so we soon decided to become scone specialists and now make a wide variety of types and flavours, both sweet and savoury, using seasonal produce where we can. We also use only the best quality ingredients which we source locally wherever possible as we believe this is how nature intended food to be and that it quite simply tastes better! All the eggs we use are free-range and sourced from a local farm in Tintwistle.

We have stalls at some of the north west's top farmer's markets including Macclesfield Treacle Market (last Sunday of each month), Rode Hall Market (1st Saturday of each month), Sandbach Farmer's Market (second Saturday of each month), Buxton and several others, including a specialised private market in Knutsford, where we are building a reputation for providing delicious scones with up to 25 different flavours which can vary with the season.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time, should you require catering for cream teas for your guests. We have catered for weddings, christenings and gatherings where the host has decided to serve traditional cream teas consisting of sandwiches and our delicious scones in any choice of flavours - jam and clotted cream provided also.

Possibly originating in Scotland, a scone was originally a flat round cake, made of fine white flour, buttermilk and a raising agent. Cooked on a griddle it was cut into triangular quarters for serving but later developed into today's individual round oven-baked cake. Scones became popular and an essential part of the fashionable ritual of taking tea in England when Anna, the Duchess of Bedford (1788 – 1861), ordered her servants to bring tea and some sweet breads late one afternoon. She was so delighted by the sweet breads (scones), that she ordered them every afternoon from then on and hence the very English tradition of “Afternoon Tea Time” was born.

You may like to enjoy your scone simply buttered or with jam and/or cream (it just has to be clotted!) if sweet. However, the savoury ones make a fabulous accompaniment to soups, salads, stews and casseroles. Scones are best eaten fresh but are great if refreshed for a few minutes in a warm oven or for a few seconds in a microwave.

We hope you enjoy your scones and that we will see you again soon.

Jeanie and Anne