Photo: Scones Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 3/4 cup cream
- 1 egg
- Handful dried currants or dried cranberries
Directions
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix well. Cut in butter and shortening. In a separate bowl, combine cream with beaten egg then add to dry ingredients. Stir in fruit. Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Roll dough out and cut into biscuit size rounds. Bake for 15 minutes or until brown.
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By rsal_lrs
on May 07, 2013
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I first made this for saturday breakfast and then made more for tea with girlfriends. Made it plain and they turned out very good! Its moist and delicious and got so many compliments!
By smedgirl_1119867
Holbrook, NY
on April 07, 2013
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I've tested other scone recipes before finding this recipe. This is the one I will stick with. I had a tea party and served these scones to rave reviews. I have made cherry almond, apricot pistachio and orange cranberry. They are moist and delicious. I highly recommend baking on parchment paper. I make mine a little on the large size so I bake them about 3-4 minutes longer.
By melaniemfuller
on March 02, 2013
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Delicious! I had tried a scone recipe out of The Joy of Cooking cookbook and was not pleased with the result so I searched for a better option. With this recipe, I didn't have any heavy cream, so I substituted half coffee creamer and half 1% milk. I also didn't have any shortening, so I used 6Tbsp of butter. They turned out light and delicious and my entire family raved about them. I rolled out the dough in a square and cut the dough into triangles and baked them for 9-10 minutes. This will be a frequent Saturday morning meal for years to come!
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