Sweet Coffee House Scones Food

COFFEEHOUSE SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• In large bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, the baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture looks like fine crumbs. Stir in chocolate chips. In medium bowl, stir buttermilk, coffee powder, vanilla and egg yolk with whisk. Stir into flour mixture just until soft dough forms.
• On floured surface, press or roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with floured 3-inch round cutter. On cookie sheet, place rounds 1 inch apart. Brush dough with milk; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave baking chocolate uncovered on High 30 to 45 seconds until softened and chocolate can be stirred smooth. Drizzle over scones.

SWEET COFFEE HOUSE SCONES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Mix flour (start with 3 cups), baking powder, salt, sugar and brown sugar, until well incorporated.
• Cut the butter into tiny pieces and mix into the flour mixture (you can also use a food processor for this step). Keep cutting in the butter until you incorporate the butter into the flour and it looks like it's the consistency of cornmeal.
• Add the milk, sour cream and vanilla extract, and mix to form a dough. If dough is too wet to work with, add a little more flour till you have a moist dough, but it's workable. Add your mix ins and mix till well distributed. If you have a wet mix in like blueberries, you may need to add a little more flour.
• Cut dough in two (or cut in two before adding the mixins if you want two flavors) and shape into 2 rounds, 1/2 inch thick. Baste the top with a little milk and then sprinkle with sugar. Cut each circle into 8 wedges. Separate slightly to help them cook. Cook for approximately 17 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through in the middle.

SWEET COFFEE HOUSE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Mix flour (start with 3 cups), baking powder, salt, sugar and brown sugar, until well incorporated.
• Cut the butter into tiny pieces and mix into the flour mixture. Keep cutting in the butter(or you can use your hands) until you incorporate the butter into the flour and it looks like it's the consistency of cornmeal.
• Add the milk and vanilla extract, and mix to form a dough. If dough is too wet to work with, add a little more flour till you have a moist dough, but it's workable. Add your mix ins and mix till well distributed.
• Cut dough in two (or cut in two before adding the mix-ins if you want two flavors) and shape into 2 rounds, 1/2 inch thick. Sprinkle with sugar and then cut into 8 wedges. Separate slightly to help cook. Cook for 15 - 17 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through in the middle.

RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
• Cut butter into bits and, with your fingertips or a pastry blender, blend into flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal.
• Using a fork, stir raisins and milk until just combined.
• Transfer to a lightly floured surface and, with floured hands, knead until it forms a dough.
• Roll out dough into a 9-inch round (about 1/2 inch thick) and cut out scones with a 2 1/2-inch round cutter.
• Arrange scones 1 inch apart on a buttered large baking sheet and gently reroll and cut out scraps.
• Bake scones in middle of a 425°F oven until pale golden, about 15 minutes, and transfer to a rack to cool.