Scones Recipe
Here is a wonderful Scones recipe that you can use to make yumy addictive home made Scones! Enjoy!
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine
4 eggs
1/2 cup milk
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Grease 2 large cookie sheets.
2. In medium-sized bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, and 2 tablespoons sugar. With pastry blender or 2 knives used scissors fashion, cut in butter or margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In small bowl, beat eggs. Reserve 2 tablespoons beaten egg for brushing on scones later. Stir milk into remaining beaten eggs. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture just until ingredients are blended.
3. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; with floured rolling pin, lightly roll dough into 12" by 8" rectangle. Cut dough into 4-inch squares; cut each square into 2 triangles. With pancake turner, place triangles 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Brush tops with reserved beaten egg and sprinkle evenly with 1/4 cup sugar.
4. Bake scones 10 to 15 minutes until golden.
2. In medium-sized bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, and 2 tablespoons sugar. With pastry blender or 2 knives used scissors fashion, cut in butter or margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In small bowl, beat eggs. Reserve 2 tablespoons beaten egg for brushing on scones later. Stir milk into remaining beaten eggs. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture just until ingredients are blended.
3. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; with floured rolling pin, lightly roll dough into 12" by 8" rectangle. Cut dough into 4-inch squares; cut each square into 2 triangles. With pancake turner, place triangles 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Brush tops with reserved beaten egg and sprinkle evenly with 1/4 cup sugar.
4. Bake scones 10 to 15 minutes until golden.
