Cream Tea Scones

Submitted by K9 Owned

"Traditional at English Tea time - these are some of the simplest and best scones I have made. The recipe was originally from a 1987 Canadian Living Cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 12-16 scones

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3 cup cold butter
• 1 egg
• 1 additional egg yolk
• 1⁄2 cup approximately half-and-half cream
• 1 egg white, lightly beaten (reserved from yolk used above)
• granulated sugar

directions

1. Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
2. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3. In a small bowl, combine eggs, egg yolk and cream - beat with a fork until well blended.
4. Add the liquid mix all at once to the dry ingredients, stirring with a fork to make a soft, slightly sticky dough - add a little more cream if necessary.
5. Press into a ball and knead gently on a floured surface about 10 times.
6. Roll out dough to 1/2 inch thick and cut in to triangles or rounds.
7. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and brush with egg white then sprinkle lightly with sugar.
8. Bake in a pre-heated 425 degree oven for 12 - 15 minutes or until golden.
9. Now the very best part. Serve them warm with butter, raspberry or strawberry jam and to be really traditional you may also add a dollop of Devonshire cream. Whipping cream is a good substitute.

Reviews

[EcuaFlor]

I don’t know how this recipe got 5 stars this scones are TOTALLY DRIED. Lack of butter or cream. Waste my time and ingredients. I will never recommend this horrible recipe

 

[Baby Kato]

K9 Owned. These biscuits are wonderful. I loved the simplicity. They were quick and easy to make, with ingredients that I always have on hand. These biscuits were just perfect, big, crisp and tender, full of flavor. They were equally as good cold as they were warm or toasted. I served them with Holiday Cranberry Butter for a real decadent treat. I`ll be making these often. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe. Made for Name That Ingredient Tag Game.

 

[MomLuvs6]

Made this as written. Topped with raspberry jam. Quick, easy to make, nice and tender. Thank You. Made for ZWT8.

 

[JackieOhNo!]

A really nice scone that was easy to make. I found the dough to be an easy-to-work-with texture. I did end up adding about 1/2 cup of raisins before adding the liquid mixture. The scones came out nice and moist with great color from the egg white wash. I think this is a great basic scone recipe that is perfect for all kinds of additional ingredients - blueberries, chocolate chips, etc. Thanks for sharing. Made for ZWT 8.

 

[momaphet]

This was a good basic scone, a little plain on its own but perfect with blackraspberry jam and whipped cream . The dough is much softer than most scone recipes even with not adding all the egg and cream and mine didn't rise very high. I liked the texture, it had a nice crumb and wasn't the least big gummy. Made for ZWT 8 by one of The Wild Bunch