Super Scones Food

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.

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.

SUPER SIMPLE SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda and
• cream of tartar.
• Cut in butter to half a pea size, as for pie dough.
• Beat eggs slightly with milk.
• Mix egg mixture into flour mixture with fork only until dough begins to leave sides of bowl.
• Divide dough into two parts with a fork, right in the bowl.
• Sprinkle some flour, about 1 to 2 tablespoons, onto one corner of cookie sheet.
• Dump half the dough onto that floured corner and shape into a five-inch circle.
• You might have to sprinkle some flour on top of dough circle.
• Cut with a knife into 8 pie shaped wedges.
• They will be small but don't worry about it because they'll expand while baking.
• Dip the knife in some of the flour if needed so it doesn't stick to dough.
• Arrange the cut pieces on the other end of cookie sheet, four pieces to a row.
• Repeat with other half of dough and arrange those cut pieces on the half of the cookie sheet you worked on.
• Bake at 375 degrees F. about 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Makes 16 pieces.

SUPER SCONES

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt thoroughly.
• Cut in butter to make fine crumbs.
• Stir in currants.
• In small bowl, beat egg lightly; remove 1 Tablespoon and combine with cream. Set aside.
• Add buttermilk to remaining egg.
• Add all at once to dry ingredients, stirring with a fork to make a soft, slightly sticky dough.
• Gather into a ball and turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
• Knead gently a few times until smooth.
• Roll or pat to 1" thickness.
• Cut into 3.5" or 2.5" rounds. (Don't twist!)
• Place on ungreased baking sheet.
• Brush tops with reserved egg mixture.
• Bake in 425 degree Fahrenheit oven for about 15 minutes or until golden and baked through.
• Serve fresh baked and warm if possible.