LAST UPDATED: March 14, 2023 BY NICKKI THOMPSON FIRST PUBLISHED: August 19, 2013 77 Comments Jump to RecipeWould you love to make light, fluffy, tall scones? Look no further – Paul Hollywood’s best fluffy scone recipe is the one!It’s that time of year again…the new series of The Great British Bake off starts tomorrow night on BBC2, 8pm…and I can’t wait!To celebrate this occasion, I decided to make Paul Hollywood’s scone recipe. I’ve wanted to try this particular recipe for a while now.I don’t make scones very often because they are usually a bit of a hit or a miss for me. I always longed to make big, fluffy scones but mine can sometimes turn out a bit…flat.I was well chuffed with these beauties! They rose so high and were really light and fluffy.How to make the best fluffy sconesAccording to Mr Hollywood, the secret is in “chafing” the dough, which involves lightly folding the dough in half, turning it 90 degrees and repeating a few times until the dough is smooth.Scones require a ligh...