Scone recipe

[cheesymice]

For psubrat and anyone else who wants to try them, here's my scone recipe.

Cream scones

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
½ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter
2 eggs, well beaten
½ cup cream

Preheat the oven to 425°F. Lightly butter a cookie sheet. Mix the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Work in the butter with your fingers or a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the eggs and cream and stir until blended. Turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead for about a minute. Pat or roll the dough about ¾ inch thick and cut into wedges. Place on the cookie sheet and bake for about 15 minutes. Makes 12 wedges.

--from The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

I guess if you wanted them in rounds you could cut them in rounds, but wedges are fast and waste nothing. Oh, I cut mine into 8 wedges today, although the recipe calls for 12 wedges. That was just my goof, but they came out just fine anyway. :-)

Comments

[psubrat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for posting this, my dear!!! You're a doll! Mmmmm...scones. Now I just need to get some clotted cream and I'll be set.

[bandgeek.livejournal.com]

My stomach is now growling ... at this point, I would sell my grandmother for an oven. ;)

[fractal-bat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this!...now if I can only find a way to get my hands on some clotted cream (or a decent substitute)

[cheesygirl.livejournal.com]

now if I can only find a way to get my hands on some clotted cream (or a decent substitute)

Land-o-Lakes Whipped Butter isn't too far off in taste from clotted cream. Actually the first time I had clotted cream that's what it reminded me of.