Featherlight Scones

Submitted by dicentra

"This is from TOH magazine. I haven’t made these yet, but I am typing it up for ZWT II. 8 servings."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cold butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons milk
• sugar

directions

1. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
2. Stir in the egg, yogurt and vanilla until just combined. Turn onto a floured surface; knead 6-8 times.
3. Roll into a 9 inch circle; cut into 8 wedges. Place on an ungreased baking sheet.
4. Brush tops with milk; sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 425 for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Reviews

[Mrs. Clay]

This was so easy to make and my husband loved it! I did add about 2 tablespoons of brown sugar to the topping amd it was great :)

 

[Al Al]

My mom has made these for years (she found it in TOH as well) and passed it on to me. I thought scones were hard to make and turned out dry and crumbly, but these scones changed my mind! They are absolutely fabulous and I would recommend them for any first-time scone maker. Thanks for posting it and saving me the trouble. :)

 

[Seravieve]

I made a couple of addtions... Since it wasnt exactly what I wanted. Didn't really care for the recipe.. I guess its a good basic recipe that you can mold to fit your desires though. They tasted like I had used bisquick mix.. which I could have.. but thats not what I was wanting. I put 1/3 cup sugar in the mix as well as a cup or so of dried cranberries. And just dropped 8 of them on a cookie sheet instead of all that rolling and cutting (Since I don't have a rolling pin). And I had to cook them about 10 minutes longer than stated. Theyre just 'OK'. =)

 

[shirlarmstr]

I liked it very much but made a few changes to suit our taste: I cut the recipe in half Substituted plain yogurt for vanilla yogurt Substituted Heart Smart Bisquick for the first 4 ingredients. Shirl

 

[Cynna]

Excellent! I'm a huge fan of scones and these are definately a tea or breakfast must! I used vanilla-banana flavored yogurt and added a 1/2 tsp of almond flavor in the place of the vanilla. Simply marvelous! Great with tea or coffee. Thanks for sharing!