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July 02, 2008
flies
By request, a recipe for English Cream Scones. This is from A Guide to Good Cooking, an old Canadian standby published by Five Roses Flour. I have a lot more to say about the Five Roses cookbook, but for now I want to put this down quickly and go get some quality front porch time in before the thunderstorm begins.
English Cream Scones
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup butter or shortening (I never use shortening or lard for anything, but always butter. I've begun keeping butter in the freezer for this purpose and I just grate it in)
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk or thin cream (making these for myself I would use soy milk, but since I'm home with Peter now and he drinks regular old cow milk, I used that)
Stir together dry ingredients, then cut in butter. Reserve a little of the egg white for glazing and beat the rest until light; stir in milk. Make a well in dry ingredients and add liquid slowly to make a soft dough. Stir vigourously until the dough comes away freely from the side of the bowl. Pat to 1.5 cm thickness and cut into triangles. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with a little granulated sugar. Bake on an ungreased sheet at 450F for 12 to 15 minutes.
To make plain scones into flies, add 1/2 cup raisins. The book also says to add 4 more tablespoons of sugar but I didn't bother, as I'm not all that fond of sweets.
Enjoy! And if any get a little overcooked on the edges, save them for me. Those are my favourites.
Posted by jodi at July 2, 2008 07:26 PM | categories: food
Comments
First thing in the morning, I read this.
Not fair.
Posted by: NWJR at July 3, 2008 06:43 AM
Now you've made me very hungry (oh, a little late - happy Canada Day)
Posted by: John at July 3, 2008 07:44 AM
Woo, those look yummy. I'll have to give them a try sometime. Thanks for the recipe!
Posted by: Janis at July 3, 2008 02:49 PM
Delurking to say that I made a batch of these this morning. Delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Meem at July 4, 2008 12:45 PM
Not FOND OF SWEETS???? Are you human????? :)
Posted by: Norma at July 6, 2008 07:01 PM