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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea
That came out great! I failed at scones when I tried once. Any tips?
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Here's my recipe:
Preheat oven to 425 F
1. Mix 2 C flour, 1/3 C sugar, 1 T baking powder, 1/2 t salt in a bowl.
2. Cut in 5 T chilled butter, like you are making pie crust or biscuits.
3. Stir in grated orange peel (orange zest) from maybe half an orange and 4 oz dried tart cherries.
4. Pour in 1 cup of cream. Stir just until ingredients are moistened.
5. Turn out dough to a floured work surface. Kneed 3 or 4 times just to blend ingredients a bit more. Shape dough in to a rectangular slab about an inch thick. Cut 12 rectangular or triangular scones from the slab using a sharp knife. Try to keep the size of them consistent for even baking. Place them on a baking sheet.
6. Brush the tops of the scone with cream. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
7. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes till edges brown. Cool on wire rack.
These come out crispy on the outside and warm, dense and moist on the inside, yet still crumbly. Different bakers will strive for different textures for their scones. The original recipe used an egg in place of half the cream and came out more cake like. You could easily substitute dried cranberries or blueberries but the cherries are our favorite.