Crawled out of bed this morning to make the coffee and thought how nice a scone would be to go with.
Couldn't be bothered looking up a recipe on the net, so gave it my best shot on the fly, so to speak.
Let's see, about 2 cups of flour, some baking powder, a couple spoons of sugar, a little salt, oh, three quarters of a stick of butter, just barely melted, enough milk to make a stiff biscuit dough and some dried cranberries and raisins. Mix, form into a round and cut into wedges. Bake at 375 to 400 (with my oven, I never really know for sure). 25 minutes later:
They were quite good. Now at a cafe in London you get ONE scone with your coffee. You're not likely to order another at a pound, fifty or more (over $3). Here at home we can sit and eat them like potato chips.
And we wonder why we can't loose weight!
7 comments:
Baking scones on the fly.. I'm very impressed. (I couldn't do it with a recipe.) Wish I had known. I would have been there. And I would have brought the clotted cream and lemon curd. They look so good!
I have always wondered exactly what a scone was. Thanks for the update, sounds yummy.
Pronounced scone or scahn?
Actually, I don't know what all the fuss is about. I've had scones that are so dry and tasteless that I wished I'd ordered a jelly donut instead.
Go on line and find a variety of scone recipes: flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter and (butter) milk. Not unlike the biscuits made with Bisquick or Jiffy Mx.
I think the Brits have so few ethnic foods that something like a scone get elevated to the status of a delicacy. Now that I've infuriated the Brits and their admirers all over the world....
Scones (pronounced scons) can be great - light and fluffy or stiff as a board. I love them but the homemade ones are usually better than what passes for them at Starbucks...
Maybe what makes them so good is the lemon curd and clotted cream. But, I love them and yours look especially good (but you are right, I've also had those dry and tasteless varieties).
I'm a Brit and to be honest I can take or leave scones. There are more bad ones out there than good ones. Having said that, yours look very good.
Craig, I take that as the highest compliment.
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