Strawberry Scones

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I absolutely love watching the Barefoot Contessa-- I have three of her books, and I seem to find myself talking about her at least once a day and hearing her words whenever I am cooking anything. I am in Italy for a year, and in my prized few bags of luggage were her books.... that's love bringing her halfway around the world ...(here's the but... Seriously though, two teaspoons of salt, and two tablespoons of baking powder! These things taste like salty baking powder drops. But they look gorgeous. I think I will reference her cranberry-orange ones and see if they are the same, because those are delicious!

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I usually love all of Ina's baked goods, but as others have mentioned, these don't stand up to her other recipes. I added fresh strawberries and more sugar, but I still wanted more strawberry flavor. The dough is very wet, so use lots of flour on your board and hands when rolling out. I served these with a fresh strawberry preserve and they were nice.

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These scones are good. If you are looking for sweet don't make these. Unless you put a sugar topping or something on it afterwards.

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Someone gave this recipe to me, but it was without the sugar and added sharp cheddar and fresh dill. It was excellent! I'm going to try it with cinnamon chips this weekend, that sounds delicious, maybe I'll add some thinly sliced apples to make it taste like an apple pie.

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I have used this recipe twice, both times with rave reviews!!!! I substituted Hershey's cinnamon chips for the strawberries (FYI Trader Joes carries freeze dried strawberries I think it works well because the scone batter is not very sweet, but the chips are....so it's a nice combo.....and great when hand-formed or in the scone pan.....just great, very rich, buttery, and yet still light!!!

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Sticky to say the least. I don't understand her new baking technique using extra large eggs when forever and traditionally bakers use large eggs. Dough was too sticky--I've been baking for 40 years and have made scones regularly so I speak from experience--and flavor was lackluster. Sorry Ina.

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I had better luck with a mix I found on Amazon this weekend:
Heartland Malted Strawberry Waffle and Pancake Mix....

This Strawberry mix is so much fun. First, I made pancakes for my family; they loved them! Then I decided to try something new..... I turned the mix into beautiful, delicious scones. I used 2 cups of the complete mix, stirred in 2 teaspoons of baking powder, then cut in 4 tablespoons of cold butter, I stirred in 1/2 cup sour cream and a1/2 cup (LESS ONE TABLESPOON of water. Just blend, don?t mix too much. Scoop the dough in any desired size on a cookie sheet, brush the tops with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for about 10-18 minutes (this depends on the size of scone you create.

I may add a little extra sugar to the next batch.

I love this mix. I'm going to try to make muffins, biscuits and cookies next. But, I need more mix.

This time I?m going to try the Sweet Potato and Blueberry.

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I increased the sugar for a little sweeter scone and I liked the ones best with lots of sugar on top. I also used fresh strawberries. I brought these to work and people were telling me for days how wonderful these were.

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We used frozen mixed berries and next time will double the amount of fruit. These are worthy to give as holiday gifts. Sprinkle a good amount of sugar on the scones after the egg wash for a tasty & pretty sheen. These are not the dry,crumbly cardboardish scones I know from Zabar's but are instead very elegant breakfast treats.

Took me about 15 minutes from measuring the flour to popping them in the oven.

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it tastes too much like flour.