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Simple Base Scone Recipe

Simple Base Scone Recipe

This is a simple, delicious and basic base scone recipe that you can enjoy with any number of different additions. Today, we're using blueberries!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Servings 18 Scones

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1/4 to 1/2 Cups Sugar Add sugar to taste... more for a dessert scone, less for a savoury scone
  • 3 Tsps Baking Powder
  • 1/2 Tsp Salt
  • 1/2 Cup Cold Butter, Cubed
  • 1 Egg Beaten
  • 2/3 Cup Milk
  • 1 Cup Your Choice! Today, I'm using blueberries.

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir together the ingredients with a fork or whisk to help aerate the flour and create a fluffier scone. I like to aerate after I've already measured out the ingredients.
    Add scone dry ingredients
  • Cube cold butter.
    Cube butter for scones
  • Cut in the butter using a hand-held pastry blender or your hands. I like using my hands to get the feel of it.
    Mix butter into scones
  • Ensure the flour mixture is grainy once it's all mixed. It's okay to have pea-sized bits visible.
    Scone mixture should be grainy
  • Beat egg in a small cup or bowl.
    Beat egg for scones
  • Add beaten egg and milk to the dry ingredients.
    Add scone wet ingredients
  • Stir with a fork to make a soft dough. Do not over-mix.
    Mix scone dough gently
  • Add your fruit or any other flavour you'd like.
    Add fav ingredient to your scones
  • Gently stir.
    Mix scones gently
  • Using a tablespoon or small ice cream scope, place on a greased baking sheet or use parchment paper.
    Scone drops using an ice cream scope
  • Ensure your drops are about 1 inch apart.
    Scone recipe drops
  • Bake in a preheated 425° oven for 15 minutes.
    Finished Scone Recipe