Quick Chocolate Drop Scones Food

BUTTERMILK DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Stir all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a mixing bowl until all ingredients are evenly dispersed.
• Stir buttermilk, applesauce, and egg together in a separate bowl. Add to flour mixture and stir until dough is sticky. Fold in cranberries and almonds.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl for the topping. Drop 1/4 cup-size dollops of batter onto the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops are golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.

DROP SCONES (SO EASY)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease a cookie sheet.
• Mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Cut in butter until fine crumbs; food processor is best.
• Place in large bowl; add cranberries and raisins.
• Beat milk and egg with a fork.
• Add milk and egg mixture to flour mixture; stir with fork until moistened.
• Drop by 12 heaping spoonfuls, 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheet.
• Sprinkle with the 1 Tablespoon sugar.
• Bake 13 minutes or until golden.
• Cool on rack.

QUICK CHOCOLATE DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Sieve the flour, baking powder, sugar and cocoa powder into a large bowl.
• Make a well in the centre of the dry mix and pour in the beaten egg.
• Using a wooden spoon, beat the egg, gradually drawing in the flour. Add the milk a little at a time, while continuously mixing, until a smooth batter is achieved.
• Add the melted butter.
• Melt half the extra butter in a heavy-based frying pan and drop spoonfuls of the batter in the pan.
• Cook for 1 minute or so, until bubbles begin to rise to the surface.
• Flip over, and cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Repeat for the rest of the scones.
• Warm the cherry compote in a small pan.
• Serve the scones with the warm compote and thick cream.

BUTTERMILK DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• In a bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• Cut in cold butter, until mixture has a consistancy of coarse meal.
• Add raisins (or cranberries).
• In another bowl, beat together buttermilk and eggs.
• Stir in liquid ingredients into dry.
• Stir together to form a smooth dough (don't overbeat).
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet.
• Bake 15-20 minutes, or until golden.

BUTTERSCOTCH DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a bowl sift flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
• Add in very cold butter pieces and rub between fingers until coarse meal forms.
• In a small cup or bowl whisk together the cream and egg.
• Add to the butter/flour mixture with the baking chips and toss with a fork just until the dough comes together in moist clumps (add in more whipping cream if dough seems dry).
• Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls onto a large lightly greased baking sheet, spacing apart.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, or until the scones are golden brown.
• Best served warm.

ENGLISH ROYALTY CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. With a pastry blender or a large fork, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the chocolate chips. Mix in the orange juice to form a dough.
• Turn out the dough on a floured surface. Pat or roll into a 9 inch circle about 1/2 inch thick. With a 2 1/2 inch fluted biscuit cutter, cut out 12 scones, pushing the dough scraps together for the last few, if necessary. Transfer the scones to the baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 12 minutes. Move to wire racks to cool.

DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450. Grease or spray a large cookie sheet.
• Stir together dry ingredients including the sugar. Cut butter into flour mixture. Add raisins (or whatever you use), stir to mix well.
• Beat egg in measuring cup. Add milk to make 1 cup. Stir into flour.
• Drop roughly tablespoon size scoops on cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
• (You can knead 15-20 times and roll out and cut if you wish -- but I prefer the ease of the drop method.).

QUICK CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Place wax paper on a large baking sheet.
• Combine dry ingredients (except chocolate) in a large bowl.
• Combine other ingredients in a second bowl.
• Blend the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
• Add chocolate chips.
• Drop by large spoonfuls onto the baking sheet.
• Bake 15 minutes.

DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Sieve the flour into a bowl, and add the baking powder, sugar and ½ tsp of salt. Whisk the egg and milk together in a jug, then pour into the bowl and whisk for a few minutes until you make a smooth thick batter.
• Add a drizzle of oil to a hot plate or large frying pan, and spread using a piece of kitchen paper. Heat the pan over a medium heat, and once hot, drop 2 tbsp of the batter into the pan to make small pancakes. You will be able to make about 4-5 at a time.
• Cook the pancakes for 2-3 mins until the edges are set, and bubbles rise from the middle. Flip and cook for another 2-3 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. Repeat with the remaining batter, keeping the cooked ones warm in a low oven, if you like. Add another drizzle of oil to the pan when needed.
• Top the pancakes with a little butter and a drizzle of maple syrup, alongside some seasonal fruit, if you like.

FLUFFY CHEESY QUICK SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix margarine, eggs with milk, cheese and baking powder until well blended. Add self-rising flour a little at a time, mixing well.
• Dust a baking tray and your hands with flour. Divide the dough into 12 portions and gently pat into mounds with floured hands, placing on dusted tray 3/4 inches apart. Lightly dust the top of the scones with flour.
• Place baking tray in center of pre-heated oven and bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.