With this recipe for sweet scones, you can make a holiday breakfast or afternoon tea that is very unforgettable.
– 2 cups all-purpose flour– ⅓ cup sugar– 1 teaspoon baking powder– ½ teaspoon salt– ¼ teaspoon baking soda– 8 tablespoons unsalted butter,– ½ cup raisins (or dried currants)– ½ cup sour cream– 1 large egg– 1 teaspoon white sugar
Ingredient
Direction
1
Heat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and place the rack in the lower-middle. Parchment a baking tray.
2
In a medium basin, combine flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Use a large-hole box grater to mix butter and flour.
3
In a separate bowl, combine the sour cream and egg by whisking them together till together.
4
Make huge sour cream-flour dough clumps with a fork. Hand-forming dough balls. (Dough will come together despite feeling dry.)
5
On lightly floured surface, make a 7- to 8-inch, 3/4-inch-thick dough round. Another teaspoon sugar. Place 8 sharply cut triangles 1-inch apart on the baking tray.
6
Bake scones for 15–17 minutes in preheated oven until golden. Cool 5 minutes and serve warm or room temperature.