While relatively new to the marketplace, Sticky Fingers Bakeries English Scones Mixes can trace their heritage back hundreds of years and across two continents. Birthed on the rough hearths of Scotland and refined at high teas in England, scones are a culinary intermarriage of biscuits and griddle cakes. They have been variously described as a heavy sweet bread, a lightly salted cake, or a great big flakey cookie, depending on the added ingredients and the preferences of the baker.