Simple Scones







I made these the night before and then put them in a 9 inch cake pan lined with wax paper. Then the next morning, I cut them into triangles and baked them at 400 degrees for 13 min. I also sprinkled them with some gold sugar before baking. 


Simple Scones (~from allrecipes.com)

Ingredients

·        2 cups all-purpose flour

·        1/3 cup sugar

·        1 teaspoon baking powder

·        1/4 teaspoon baking soda

·        1/2 teaspoon salt

·        8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen

·        1/2 cup raisins (or dried currants)

·        1/2 cup sour cream

·        1 large egg

Directions


1.      Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2.      In a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour mixture on the large holes of a box grater; use your fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse meal), then stir in raisins.

3.      In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth.

4.      Using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Use your hands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. (The dough will be sticky in places, and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as you press, the dough will come together.)

5.      Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7- to 8-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp. of sugar. Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles; place on a cookie sheet (preferably lined with parchment paper), about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature.

Footnotes

Cranberry-Orange Scones

Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding a generous teaspoon of finely grated orange rind (zest) to the dry ingredients and substituting dried cranberries for the raisins.

Lemon-Blueberry Scones

Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding a generous teaspoon of finely grated lemon rind (zest) to the dry ingredients and substituting dried blueberries for the raisins.

Cherry-Almond Scones

Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding 1/2 tsp. almond extract to the sour cream mixture and substituting dried cherries for the raisins.

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