The Easiest Yummy Scones Evar
So, my MIL left me with this awesomely simple scone recipe back in February that I just now got around to trying, and I had to share it as it's so easy and delicious.
Sara Moulton Scone Recipe (a little altered)
Step 1 Ingredients
2 C All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 T Baking Powder
3 T Sugar
1/2 t Salt
Step 2 Ingredients
1/2 Cup Dried Currants (or use any dried fruit)
Zest of one orange (or lemon, or you can skip this)
1 1/2 C Heavy Cream
Directions
Preheat Oven to 425.
Sift Step 1 ingredients together. Stir dried fruit in (break up clumps). Stir in zest if you opt to use it. Next, Stir in the heavy cream. I like to add this slowly or have someone hold the bowl (you don't need a mixer for this). This should form the dough. Now you can knead the dough a very little while forming into either 2 balls or 1 large ball. (You can make cook 1 ball today and save 1 ball for tomorrow!)
Whichever you decide to do, pat the ball down into a circle about a 1/2 inch thick (may need a floured surface, I just used the parchment paper I planned to cook them on.) If using all the dough - cut into 12 wedges and place on ungreased baking sheet (I use parchment paper.) If using 1/2 the dough, cut into 6 wedges instead.
Bake for about 15 minutes until pale golden (you'll need to watch and judge.) Serve hot.
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I like to serve with tea/chai. I should note that the original recipe has you brush the tops of each scone with heavy cream (2 T for the 12 wedges) and then sprinkle liberally with sugar. Personally, I don't like over sweetening things, so I don't do this, but for those that like that sort of thing, there it is.
YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ETA: I almost forgot -- I used 1 C Whole Wheat Flour in place of 1/2 the A-P Flour, and they turned out great! Also, the zest isn't really part of the original recipe nor are the currants, but the orange zest and currants is so much better than apricots. I plan to try swapping some cream for orange juice and the currants for craisens. I'll make a post if that works out well. ;-)
EATA - Here is the original recipe. Though I must apparently warn you, she doesn't refer to any balls in there. :-O
Sara Moulton Scone Recipe (a little altered)
Step 1 Ingredients
2 C All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 T Baking Powder
3 T Sugar
1/2 t Salt
Step 2 Ingredients
1/2 Cup Dried Currants (or use any dried fruit)
Zest of one orange (or lemon, or you can skip this)
1 1/2 C Heavy Cream
Directions
Preheat Oven to 425.
Sift Step 1 ingredients together. Stir dried fruit in (break up clumps). Stir in zest if you opt to use it. Next, Stir in the heavy cream. I like to add this slowly or have someone hold the bowl (you don't need a mixer for this). This should form the dough. Now you can knead the dough a very little while forming into either 2 balls or 1 large ball. (You can make cook 1 ball today and save 1 ball for tomorrow!)
Whichever you decide to do, pat the ball down into a circle about a 1/2 inch thick (may need a floured surface, I just used the parchment paper I planned to cook them on.) If using all the dough - cut into 12 wedges and place on ungreased baking sheet (I use parchment paper.) If using 1/2 the dough, cut into 6 wedges instead.
Bake for about 15 minutes until pale golden (you'll need to watch and judge.) Serve hot.
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I like to serve with tea/chai. I should note that the original recipe has you brush the tops of each scone with heavy cream (2 T for the 12 wedges) and then sprinkle liberally with sugar. Personally, I don't like over sweetening things, so I don't do this, but for those that like that sort of thing, there it is.
YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ETA: I almost forgot -- I used 1 C Whole Wheat Flour in place of 1/2 the A-P Flour, and they turned out great! Also, the zest isn't really part of the original recipe nor are the currants, but the orange zest and currants is so much better than apricots. I plan to try swapping some cream for orange juice and the currants for craisens. I'll make a post if that works out well. ;-)
EATA - Here is the original recipe. Though I must apparently warn you, she doesn't refer to any balls in there. :-O