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I am looking for a good basic recipe for baking Scones, can you help?

6 Responses to “I am looking for a good basic recipe for baking Scones, can you help?”

1. richard_beckham2001 said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 8:52 pm

   Ingredients
   225g/8oz self raising flour
   pinch of salt
   55g/2oz butter
   25g/1oz caster sugar
   150ml/5fl oz milk

   Method
   1. Heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
   2. Mix together the flour and salt and rub in the butter.
   3. Stir in the sugar and then the milk to get a soft dough.
   4. Turn on to a floured work surface and knead very lightly. Pat out to a round 2cm/¾in thick. Use a 5cm/2in cutter to stamp out rounds and place on a baking sheet. Lightly knead together the rest of the dough and stamp out more scones to use it all up.
   5. Brush the tops of the scones with a little milk. Bake for 12-15 minutes until well risen and golden.
   6. Cool on a wire rack and serve with butter and good jam and maybe some clotted cream.
   Makes 8-12 scones
2. Oracle said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 9:31 pm

   Cheese Scones

   150g Self Raising Flour
   ½ tsp salt
   pepper and mustard
   25g margarine
   75g cheese grated
   1 egg
   30ml milk

   Mix flour and seasonings, rub in margarine

   Stir in Cheese, reserving a little for the tops

   Mix to a soft dough with the egg and milk reserving a little to brush tops

   Roll out to a round just over 1cm (half inch) thick cut into 8 Triangles

   Place on greased baking tray brush with egg and milk and sprinkle with grated cheese

   Bake in hot oven 222c 425f Gas mark 7 for 15mins
3. Larry J said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 10:11 pm

   http://www.joyofbaking.com/SconesIntroduction.html

   Try baking in the A.M. when humidity is lowest. It makes a difference. Well it helps.
4. happychicken said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 10:58 pm

   ok… try this. they need to be eaten on the day though. it sounds weird , but i’ve been using this recipe for years.

   1 cup of pouring cream
   1 cup of lemonade
   2 cups self raising flour

   sift flour into a bowl, make a well in the middle, pour in lemonade and cram… mix and knead to a firm dough (occasionally you need a little more flour at this stage. roll out and cut into rounds. cook in moderate oven for about 15 minutes… good way to check if they are cooked is pick one up and tap the bottom… if it sounds hollow, they’re done.
   good luck, and enjoy!
5. leosgranddaughter said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 11:39 pm

   You can find tons of awesome recipes on recipezaar.com

   It’s my new favorite recipe site! Just type in scones in the search bar of the site and it will give you lots of ways to make scones, plus it gives ratings. Good luck!
6. kay.ce said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 11:46 pm

   a couple of things could have happened
   you could have handled the dough too much
   not getting enough scones could be not rolling the dough out thin enough
   and the other common problem is not getting them into the oven quick enough so they do not rise
   the other and I find this sad is sometimes there is a mistake when they printed the recipe
   another problem is flour is fickle and recipes takes different amount of flour depending on the weather and depending on your altitude so a recipe that works when someone lives in the mountains will not work out when you try to use it at sea level

   I love this recipe it never fails
   preheat oven to 400 F or 425 if your oven is not to hot
   English scones
   2 cups flour
   1 Tbls baking powder
   1/2 tsp salt
   2 Tbls sugar
   1/4 cup shortening
   2 eggs
   1/3 cup milk
   in med bowl measure in dry ingredants.
   stir with a whisk until the ingredants are mixed very well (flour/b.powder/salt/sugar)
   cut in shorening with fork or pastry knife
   you want it to be very fine
   crack eggs in small bowl reserving one of the egg whites
   for the tops
   beet eggs and add them to dry
   next add milk (do not add all of the milk some times it does not take it all)
   you want it to be a soft dough
   turn out onto a flour board or counter knead by hand 8 to 10 times you do not want it to go beyond soft dough so as soon as it is together stop.
   roll out to 1/4 inch thich using a round 2 inch cookie cutter or biscut cutter
   get as many as you can
   you can use the left over dough to make the rest but do not hadle it too much or the scones will be tough

   I find it easier to leave them on the counter for the next part as it is messy but you get that golden crispy crust
   if you want them plain you can skip this part but it gives them that golden top
   the egg white you have left over
   beat it with a whisk until it is runny not foamy
   using a pastry brush (some times I have use a bit of papper towel or a small peice of cloth) brush on to the tops of the scones give them a good coat.
   next spinkel them with sugar put on to cookie tray and cook
   for 5 to 15 mins the cooking time really depends on how hot your oven is and how thick you made them
   also what you have put in them.
   Please note you want the oven heated by the time you add the liquid to this recipe and you want to get them in the oven as soon as possible to get a good rise out of them

   variations
   rasian scones or dried current or other dried fruit
   add 2 more tbls of sugar for a total of 4 tbls of sugar
   add 1/2 cup of dried fruit.

   making them with fresh fruit
   add the 2 extra tbls of sugar but be careful you will not need as much liquid.

   I have tons of recipes for scones for savory to sweet
   some of them even have some meats in them like sausage.
   email me if you want more recipes