English Scones
By: Anonymous
Published: Friday, February 12, 2010 - 1:05am

Ingredients




2 cups All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
teaspoon Salt
cup Butter
cup Buttermilk

Preparation

1 Hot Scones, served as soon as they are removed from the oven, are an English specialty. Serve with butter or marmalade or jam. 2 In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add butter. Combine with your fingers, a wooden sppon, or a pastry belnder until coarse crumbs form. Add buttermilk. Quickly stir to form a dough. Divide dough in half. 3 Form each half into a ball. Flatten to a round. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Cut each crosswise into 4 pieces but not all the way through. 4 Bake at 425 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Serve Hot! Makes 8 scones. 5 NOTE: You may substitute whole wheat flour for half of all-purpose flour. 6 For a golden crust, brush scones before baking with beaten egg and sprinkle with brown sugar. Regular milk can be substituted for buttermilk. 7 Buttermilk makes scones more tender and moist.