Sigh. I think I have been home alone a little too long! Now I know why little old ladies bring baskets of muffins to the local banks, etc. They are filling up the empty nest with baking!
But I do love my scones. This is a good basic dependable recipe.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 3 T. sugar, 1 T baking powder and a half teaspoon salt. Cut in 5 T butter and stir in about a half cup raisins. Beat together a half cup light cream and one egg. Add some vanilla if you like and stir the liquid quickly into the dry ingredients. Knead lightly, turn onto board and cut into 8 scones. Bake about 17 minutes. Check at 15 if your oven runs hot. I love these with blueberry jam!
4 comments:
ooooo, I LOVE scones! Can you make them without the eggs?!?
It's possible :) just add a little more cream and perhaps another tablespoon of butter. I have another scone recipe that calls for no eggs and one cup of whipping cream. Let's do taste test!
Did you say "whipping"???!!! Ohhhhhh.....cream. Damn.
Seriously, these sound delicious. May have to try them! ;-)
Mmm. I have to try these.
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