Scottish Scones
Ingredients
¾ cup of milk (you can substitute buttermilk for a rich alternative)
1 egg beaten
2 cups flour - sifted
2 tbs sugar
1 tbs baking powder
½ tsp salt
1/3 cup of butter = 5 1/3 tbs.cut to small cubes
Preparation
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Set oven to 425º with rack in the center. Sift all the dry ingredients into a bowl add the butter and using the pastry cutter cut in the butter until you have a mixture with the consistency of corn meal. Add the egg and milk and stir only until no flour shows. If the mixture is dry or stiff add a little more milk you should have a slightly gooey and moist dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead very gently 15 times (baking powder dough doesn't like to be worked too much). Once kneaded cut dough in half and shape each half into a ball. Press the ball down to form a round and cut into 8 pieces. Place the pieces onto a greased cookie sheet spacing them as they will rise while baking. Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
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About
There is I think nothing as satisfying as hot scones on a cold morning, or for that matter on any morning. Warm, buttered with a dollop of jam and these flaky tasty morsel brighten any morning. They are as good cooled so you don't have to worry about not finishing the plate at one sitting.
Yield:
16
Added:
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 9:38am
