Scones / Tea Biscuits (Canadian Living)

Katzen's Note:

From the Complete Canadian Living Cookbook.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 12.0 Scones

• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup cold butter , cubed
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg , lightly beaten

Directions:

1. Line rimless baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat; or dust lightly with flour. Set aside.
2. In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Pour buttermilk over top and stir with fork to form soft, slightly sticky ragged dough.
3. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. With lightly floured hands, knead gently 10 times to smooth dough, adding a sprinkle more flour to the work surface if needed. Gently pat or roll out into generous ½-inch thick round. Using 2-inch cutter, cut out rounds. Place on prepared baking sheet. Gather up scraps and repat dough; cut out more rounds, pressing any remaining scraps into a final scone (the bakers’s scone).
4. Brush tops of scones with egg. Bake in centre of 425°F oven until golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool on pan on rack for 5 minutes. Transfer to racks to finish cooling.
5. Tip: Before cutting out scones, dip cutter into flour, repeating the dipping between cuts so cutter doesn’t stick. Always cut out scones, or any cookie, with as little space as possible between rounds as possible. You can reroll the scraps, but at every rerolling the results are tougher. So get as many rounds as you can out of the first roll.

Reviews

[Chocolatl]

I was lazy, and instead of using a cutter, I patted the dough out and sliced it into squares. These have a wonderful texture and flavor. Thanks for posting!

[diner524]

Excellent biscuits/scones!!! I made this exactly as written other than making 1/2 of the recipe. Light and flaky with a wonderful buttery taste. I had them warm with some butter and some fresh fruit for breakfast. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made for 123 Hits Tag Game.

[smellyvegetarian]

These are so delightful! I made them as a treat for a mama with a new baby, and she raved about them as well. I did make two changes; I had some fresh peaches that were on their last legs so I decided to make these peach scones. I used a bit more sugar (about 1/4 c) and pressed the peaches into the top of the dough after rolling it into a circle (didn't want to make the dough tough overmixing). Finally, I sprinkled the tops with cinnamon sugar b/c you can never have too much cinnamon ;). They turned out so yummy--nice and crusty on the outside and tender/buttery on the inside. It was hard to give these away for sure! Note: I used a 2-inch cutter and the yield was 20 scones! Maybe my baking powder/soda were just really good LOL? Also, like Lalaloula I did not use all the liquid called for. Made for Veggie Swap 12.