Basic Scones
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Heat oven to 400F. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in butter with pastry blender until it resembles fine crumbs. Combine egg and 4T milk. Slowly pour milk mixture into dry mixture while mixing with a fork to combine. Add additional 2 Tbsp milk to bring the dough together, if needed.
Gently pat dough into a circle, about 1/2 inch thick. Brush top with milk or beaten egg and sprinkle liberally with sugar. Cut into 6 wedges and separate on a cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes. Don’t over-bake. While still warm, split and spread with butter and jam, lemon curd, honey-butter, etc. Cranberry-Orange Scones Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding a generous tsp of finely grated orange rind (zest) to the dry ingredients and substituting dried cranberries for the raisins. Lemon-Blueberry Scones Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding a generous tsp of finely grated lemon zest to dry ingredients and substituting dried blueberries for the raisins. Cherry-Almond Scones Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding 1/2 tsp almond extract to the sour cream mixture and substituting dried cherries for the raisins. |
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