Drop Scones

Submitted by marycate

"These scones are soooooooo delicious and simple to make. I sent some to my brother in Iraq and all his soldiers loved them!!! These are great because they're not overly sweet, but completely delicious."

 

• Ready In: 27mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 24-36 cookies

ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 1 egg, well beaten plus
• milk, to make 1 cup
• 1 1 cup dried cranberries (my favorite) or 1 cup mini chocolate chip (my favorite)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 450. Grease or spray a large cookie sheet.
2. Stir together dry ingredients including the sugar. Cut butter into flour mixture. Add raisins (or whatever you use), stir to mix well.
3. Beat egg in measuring cup. Add milk to make 1 cup. Stir into flour.
4. Drop roughly tablespoon size scoops on cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
5. (You can knead 15-20 times and roll out and cut if you wish -- but I prefer the ease of the drop method.).

Reviews

[luvinlif2k]

Thanks for sharing! I wanted quick and easy drop-scone recipe for our Christmas Tea. These were perfect! I added dried cranberries for my add-in and baked them in my Lodge cast-iron scone pan. The pan took about 1/4 c. of batter for each scone and I sprinkled them with sugar crystals before baking. This made 14 scones (could easily have been 16 - I was pretty generous with the batter). I will definitely use this again ... and again ... and again!

 

[FriskyKitty]

Yum!

 

[Joyd9060]

Great! I made these using regular sized chocolate chips. I did have to make sure that I took the scones out right at 10 minutes, or just before, because they would burn on the bottoms quickly. I baked them on a silpat, so I had no issues with sticking. This recipe made about 45 scones. I shared them with my in laws who later requested more. They have a simple, light and tasty flavor, and were a hit with adults and kids alike!