How to Make Perfect Scones

Name: How to Make Perfect Scones
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 c all-purpose flour , plus more for hs work surface; 1 large egg; c 1-1.5 add-ins such as chocolate chips, berries, nuts, fruit, etc; 1/2 c granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 c unsalted butter, frozen; 1/2 c heavy cream or buttermilk; 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 1/2 tsp optional: – ground cinnamon, coarse sugar, toppings such as vanilla icing, salted caramel, lemon icing, maple icing, brown butter icing, lemon curd, orange icing, raspberry icing, dusting of confectioners’ sugar

55 mins

Total time

8

Serving

10

Ingredients

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Ingredients

call-purpose flour , plus more for hs work surface

large egg

c1-1.5 add-ins such as chocolate chips, berries, nuts, fruit, etc

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cgranulated sugar

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teaspoon salt

2¹⁄₂

teaspoons baking powder

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cunsalted butter, frozen

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cheavy cream or buttermilk

1¹⁄₂

tsppure vanilla extract

1¹⁄₂

tspoptional: – ground cinnamon, coarse sugar, toppings such as vanilla icing, salted caramel, lemon icing, maple icing, brown butter icing, lemon curd, orange icing, raspberry icing, dusting of confectioners’ sugar

Directions

Step 1

Whisk flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder together in a large bowl. Grate the frozen butter using a box grater. Add it to the flour mixture and combine with a pastry cutter, two forks, or your fingers until the mixture comes together in pea-sized crumbs. See video above for a closer look at the texture. Place in the refrigerator or freezer as you mix the wet ingredients together.

Step 2

Whisk 1/2 cup heavy cream, the egg, and vanilla extract together in a small bowl. Drizzle over the flour mixture, add the add-ins, then mix together until everything appears moistened.

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