The wonderful world of scones

In my culinary class we spent a full week on baking and one of the items we were required to bake were scones. I made lemon cranberry and fell in love with scones.

A basic recipe for 20 scones:


2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface

1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon coarse salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

3/4 cup buttermilk

1 large egg yolk

Preheat oven to 400. In a food processor, pulse together flour, cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add butter and pulse until pea-size pieces form. In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk and egg yolk. Slowly pour buttermilk mixture through feed tube into processor, pulsing until dough just comes together.

Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface and sprinkle raspberries on top. Gather and pat dough into a 1-inch-thick square and cut or pull apart into 2-inch pieces. Place pieces, about 2 inches apart, on two parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets and sprinkle tops with 1 tablespoon sugar.

Bake until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let scones cool slightly on sheets on wire racks. Serve warm or at room temperature.

From here you can add pretty much any ingredient you want to flavor it.

Some examples:

Lemon cranberry

Orange cranberry

Orange poppyseed

Raspberry

Blueberry

Cherry

Cheddar and chive

Ginger with cardamom

Currant

Happy baking!
-Ashley