Quick Utah Scones Food

' UTAH ' SCONES (DEEP-FRIED)

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in the 1/2 cup of warm water.
• Add the tablespoon of sugar to the yeast-water mixture and set aside.
• Beat the 3 eggs in a small bowl and set aside.
• Put honey, brown sugar, smart balance, and salt in a large bowl (preferably the bowl for your Kitchen-Aid mixer, if you have one).
• Add 1 cup boiling water to the large bowl (with the sugar, salt, etc.).
• Add the 3 beaten eggs to the large bowl and mix.
• Add the yeast mixture to the large bowl.
• Slowly add the flour to the large bowl while mixing.
• Continue beating the mixture with a mixer until smooth.
• Cover the bowl with a dish towel, and let the dough rise for 1 hour.
• Refrigerate the dough until cold. (Sometimes it's nice to make the dough the night before, and finish them in the morning).
• Roll the dough out on a floured surface to about 1/4" thin (careful not to get any water on it, as water and deep-frying DO NOT MIX!).
• Heat oil with a high smoke point (peanut oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, canola oil in a pinch) in a deep-fryer or electric skillet to around 350 degrees F. Make sure not to use olive oil, as it has a low smoke point and is not suited for deep-frying. Use a deep-frying thermometer to check the temperature of the oil, if at all possible. (Make sure to have at least 2 inches of clearance between the top of the skillet and the top of the oil to allow room for bubbling). If your oil starts to smoke (and you'll know it if this happens! Oil smoke smells really nasty), turn off the heat, let the oil cool, then throw out the oil; it's no good.
• While oil is heating, cut the dough into pieces, 4 inch squares seem best to me, but you can make them smaller or larger.
• Fry the pieces of dough in the heated oil, preferably one at a time, until puffy and golden brown. Remove from oil using an all-metal utensil.
• Place on paper towels to cool, but serve warm with the topping of your choice.

QUICK AND EASY HOMEMADE SCONES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 200°C / 400°F
• Sift flour into a mixing bowl and add the salt.
• Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs
• Mix in the sugar.
• Add the milk and stir with a knife until just incorporated. Add extra milk, one tablespoon at time, if the mixture is too dry.
• Tip out onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly until the mixture comes together in a soft ball.
• Press out into a flat circle or rectangle to roughly 2 cm thickness.
• Cut circles with a fluted cookie cutter and place on a baking tray lined with baking parchment
• Brush the top of the scones lightly with milk
• Place the tray into the centre of a pre-heated oven and bake for 20 minutes until nicely browned.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
• Serve spread with butter and strawberry jam. You could also top with a spoonful of whipped cream.
• Best eaten fresh.

SIMPLE SCONES

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 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.
• In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth.
• 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.)
• 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.

QUICK YOGURT SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a large baking sheet.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt With a pastry cutter, cut the flour mixture together with the cold margarine and brown sugar until well blended.
• In a small bowl beat together the yogurt and 1 egg. Pour into the pastry mixture. Add raisins and stir just until mixed.
• Drop by rounded 1/4-cup measures onto the prepared baking sheet. Beat remaining egg and brush onto tops of scones. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Serve warm.

EASY FLUFFY SCONES

Steps:

• Put a baking sheet in the oven at 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Put the flour, salt and baking powder into a food processor, then whizz in the butter until it disappears. Pulse in the sugar, tip into a large bowl, then make a well in the middle.
• Warm the yogurt, milk and vanilla together in the microwave for 1 min or in a pan; it should be hot and may well go a bit lumpy-looking. Tip into the bowl and quickly work into the flour mix using a cutlery knife. As soon as it's all in, stop.
• Tip the dough onto a floured surface, then, with floured hands, fold the dough over a few times - just enough to create a smoothish dough. Press out to about 4cm/1½in thick, dip a 7cm cutter into more flour, then stamp out 4 rounds, flouring the cutter each time. Squash the remainder lightly together, then repeat until the dough is used up. Brush tops with egg wash, scatter flour over the hot sheet, then lift the scones on. Bake for 12 mins until risen and golden. Best eaten just-warm, or on the day.

UTAH BUTTERMILK SCONES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. In another large bowl, combine the buttermilk, egg, oil, sugar, salt, baking soda, yeast mixture and 2 cups flour; beat on medium until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll dough into a 16x8-in. rectangle. Cut into 24 rectangles. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rest for 1 hour., In a deep cast-iron or electric skillet, heat oil to 375°. Fry scones, a few at a time, until golden brown on both sides, about 2-3 minutes. Drain on paper towels., For honey butter, in a large bowl, combine butter, honey, confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread on scones.