Favourite tea recipes - Part 1 - The scone

[cliomuse]

Scones are lovely things and should be served with extra thick clotted cream and some tasty jam. This is my favourite scone recipe and goes wonderfully with tea - and is pretty easy to make!

Cream Scones 
(Bittman, Mark. How to cook everything p. 252)

2 cups flour (plus a bit as needed)
1 scant teaspoon salt (tiny bit more than 3/4)
4 teaspoons baking

Comments

[cliomuse]

If you make it you must let me know how you like them!

[oftherain]

mmmmm. so you serve them whipped cream? Just regular whipped cream or do you add anything to it?

I have this childhood memory of going to murchies in Victoria with my mom for high tea, back then they had a real tea room, not what it is today. Never have tea, scones, preserves and devonshire cream ever tasted so good. I've tried to duplicate it, but no luck. The jars of devonshire cream you can buy are not the same.

[cliomuse]

I add a bit of vanilla and a tiny bit of sugar (sometimes stevia instead) to the cream as I whip it.

That sounds lovely, I love going out for high tea.

You should come to Clancy's in White Rock with Miss Nutwood and I some day.

And if you can afford a splurge, go have tea at the Empress in Victoria. It is amazing.

[oftherain]

mmm vanilla. thanks for the tip! by the way I think candied ginger is genius!

[cliomuse]

I add vanilla to so many things. Tea, pancakes, coffee, whip cream, just about any baked good. Mmmm vanilla indeed.

I am afraid I can't take credit for that genius. The idea for candied ginger scones was given to me by my lovely and talented friend pipkin

I don't even like ginger but it is fabulous in the scones.