Page 52 - CBS Cookbook

Scones

Ms. Mary Kelly (ES Principal from 2015) Scotland

Click to add subtitle Ingredients:

2 large eggs 2 Tablespoons baking powder
½ cup buttermilk 2 large pinches of nutmeg or
¾ cup milk cinnamon ( I like cinnamon better)
3 ½ cups of flour 1/3 cup butter (softened and cut
1/3 cup of sugar into small pieces)
½ tsp salt
Method:
1. Heat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit or 232 Celsius.
2. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Put dry ingredients (minus
currants, raisins, cranberries or dried fruit of choice) in large bowl and
blend.
3. Add butter, mix until grainy, then add dried fruit.
4. Make deep well in middle.
5. Crack eggs into center and whip with fork, then add milks and combine with
eggs.
6. Gradually incorporate flour from sides and bottom.
7. Knead it then turning it over, punching down to catch all the flour from
bottom.
8. Transfer to well-floured surface, roll out to 1 1/2in. thickness and cut with
biscuit cutter.
9. Bake for 10-12 min. Cool on wire rack.