Basic Scones Recipe




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Start as early as you can, it will take aprox. 1.5 hours for the dough to double its size.
Make sure your water is the correct temperature, ideally 40-46 deg C (105 deg F to 115 deg F).
If the water is too warm it will kill the yeast, too cold and the yeast will not rise correctly.

Don't try to rush things, wait for the dough to rise properly before putting it in the oven.


Kneading the Dough

Dust your work area with flour, place the dough on the surface and dust with more flour.

Start from the part of the dough closest to you and use the heel of your hands to push down and away from you.
Turn the dough 90% and take the far end of the dough and fold it in towards you.
Push it down and away from you. Repeat this process until the dough feels smooth and stretchy and no longer sticks to your fingers.



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Basic Scones

 

Ingredients

1 cup baking powder
1/3 cup baking soda
2 2/3 tbsp salt
3 qt sugar
2 qt butter
2 qt buttermilk
32 eggs



 

Preparation

Butter, preserves & clotted cream (recipe follows) or whipped cream
for accompaniment.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter and flour a baking sheet or line
with baking parchment. Mix flour, baking powder, soda, salt & sugar;
sift into a medium bowl. With a pastry blender or with fingertips,
cut butter into dry ingredients until mixture is the consistency of
fine crumbs. Whisk buttermilk with eggs. Pour in milk all at once and
stir to mix. As soon as mixture holds together, turn out onto a
floured work surface and knead lightly. Roll to a thickness of 1/2 to
3/4 inch; cut into 2-1/2 inch rounds with floured cutter. Or halve
dough & knead gently to form 2 balls. Flatten each ball to a
thickness of 1/2 to 1 inch. With a sharp knife, cut each round into 8
triangles. Arrange on prepared baking sheet and bake until golden
brown (20 to 30 minutes). Serve hot with butter, preserves and cream,
if desired. ORANGE/LEMON SCONES: With buttermilk-egg mixture, add 1
Tbsp grated orange or lemon rind. RAISIN SCONES: With buttermilk-egg
mixture, add 1 cup dark or golden raisins, dried currants or a
combination. SPICE SCONES: To dry ingredients, add 1 tsp mixed spices
(equal amounts of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves & allspice). Per
Serving: 200 calories, 4 gm protein, 31 gm carbohydrate, 7 gm fat, 50
mg cholesterol 235 mg sodium.

 

 

Servings: 6