scones

How To Make scones

• 1

  Whisk flour, baking powder, salt and sugar until blended. Cut in butter until there are no pieces bigger than a small pea.
• 2

  If adding dried fruit or similar ingredients, stir in now. Beat cream and eggs together and stir into flour mixture just until blended. Do not overstir!
• 3

  Dump out onto floured board and knead 4-5 times until it all comes together. Handling as little as possible, pat into a circle or square, about 1" thick, and cut into individual wedges (6).
• 4

  Place on parchment papered cookie sheet (or silicone mat). Brush with cream, sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake at 400 deg F for 15 minutes. Glaze while warm (optional). Cool on rack or serve slightly warm.
• 5

  FROSTING: Blend all ingredients. If needed, add tiny amounts of milk to make pourable (but not too thin) and drizzle over scones.
• 6

  Optional varietes: 1. Coconut scones: Add 1 cup shredded coconut and 1 cup chopped pecans to flour mixture after cutting in butter. Add 1/2 tsp coconut extract to milk mixture and use coconut extract in glaze. 2. Dried Fruit Scones: Add 1 cup chopped dried fruit and zest of one lemon after cutting in butter. 3. Ginger Lemon Scones: Add 1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger and zest of 1 lemon after cutting in butter.
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