Simple Sweet Scones

Submitted by prettyinpink

"This is a simple perfectly delicious recipe my mom used to make for our family. It origioually came from a biscuits and scones recipe book, this one was always my favorite of all the recipes."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 12-16 scones

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut up
• 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar (use 1/3 for slightly sweeter scones)
• 2⁄3 cup milk

directions

1. Heat oven to 425°F (220 Celsius).
2. Put flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl; stir mix well Add butter and cut in with a pastry blender or rub in with your fingers, until the mixture looks like fine crumbs.
3. Add sugar; toss to mix.
4. Add milk and stir with a wooden spoon until dough forms,(the dough may be a bit crumbly).
5. Place dough on floured counter and knead gently until the dough comes together in a ball.
6. Pat or roll into a circle about 1 1/2 inches thick.
7. cut each circle into 6 or 8 wedges.
8. place wedges on a greased cookie sheet- slightly apart for crisp sides, touching for soft.
9. Bake about 12 minutes, or until medium brown on top.

Reviews

[sunflower_gjc]

These scones were quick and easy to make,plus they were REALLY tastey! We will deffinitely be making these again. Another review for these scones mentioned basting them with milk and sprikling them with sugar. I tried it and the scones came out of the oven with a really yummy, sweet crust on top! Can't wait to try some other variations!

 

[Nevdiliel]

These scones turned out really well for me. I used to bake scones off and on before college, but got out of the habit, so I'm not entirely new to the process. I substituted 1 cup of white wheat pastry flour, bought from my local co-op, and brushed the tops with 2% milk and cinnamon sugar before baking. While I prefer my scones (and biscuits) to be on the side of undercooked, rather than overcooked, I do think that next time I'll keep these in the oven 15 minutes. I tried 12, put them back in for another 2, and they are still slighly underdone, IMHO. I used a scant 1/3 cup of sugar, and the scones are sweet enough to eat without embellishment beyond the cinnamon sugar topping (I cut them in half, to test the taste, and the bottom is as tasty as the top. They are extra delicious drizzled with honey, and I'm enjoying one wtih my Zen green tea with half 'n' half and honey as we speak. Thank you for sharing!

 

[Eightblueeyes]

These are really yummy and can be made fast. I freeze the butter and grate it in and I use about 1/2 cup sugar.

 

[Kasha]

Versatile. Note to self. USed yogurt in place of the milk and added some vanilla. You could put anything in these like raisins, choc chips, cranberries, etc for different versions. I used the Kitchen Aid slowly to blend. They rose quite a bit more than I expected.

 

[Esha M.]

It was fantastic! I baked them-not touching- so it turned out close to cakey in the middle and slightly crispy on the outside. However i did have to bake them for about 20 minutes. i'm not sure if it was because i halved the recipe or because i added a handful of dried fruits and orange zest. Overall, what a wonderful recipe. One note i'd like to add is for an amazing orange flavour, zest two oranges and soak that zest in the milk of the recipe before preheating the oven. then pour the orange milk solution into the when the milk was supposed to be added. The scones have a delicious and subtle orange taste then.