Easy Plain Scone Recipe. The best simple basic recipe mix that make the best delicious tea time snack or dessert with jam and cream.
Easy Plain Scone Recipe
All you need to make and bake these scones are the simple easy main every day ingredients. Top the scones with jam and whipped cream for the best tasteful tea time treat.
What is the formula for a scone?
There is an ingredient ratio and formula to follow with a scone recipe. It is…1 part fat, 2 parts liquids, 3 parts flour, by weight. The fat is usually the cold butter, the liquids can be milk, cream , buttermilk, and the flour is normally all purpose flour or self raising flour.
Is a scone just a sweet biscuit?
People will ask what is the difference between a scone and a biscuit? When you add egg then it is a scone. Biscuit ingredients do not include eggs. Other wise the proses is basically the same.
What is the American version of a scone?
In America they are called Biscuits, that are basically a flaky buttermilk scone recipe and include sweet or savory items and eaten as a sandwich.
Ingredients
- all purpose Flour
- sugar
- butter
- egg
- baking powder. (measure according to your altitude)
- Milk and water
- Salt to taste
For the amount of the ingredients needed and the instructions see the recipe attached.
How To
The basic ingredients for these scones that you have in your household are flour, eggs, butter and milk.
After mixing the ingredients as per recipe, place them on the baking tray and bake.
Then place them once baked on a cooling rack. Before cutting and filling with anything you would prefer. Jam and whipped cream is amazing and a traditional topping for the scones.
Cutting the scones in half to serve with your tea and guests, then spreading your favorite jam and whipped cream on.
Spread both halves with any filling you would love or have available. Even some grated cheese is amazing with the jam or jelly as americans call it.
Served and plated for a tea or coffee with family and friends. It is a winner all around and can be made as savory or sweet snack. It just depends what you top the half scones with.
Below is the easy plain scone recipe to download or print or even if you prefer to write out your recipes and keep them in a file, then you can download a general recipe page to do that with.
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Get these delicious biscotti or rusk recipes —-> Exquisite Biscotti Recipes
A breakfast eaten with scones —-> Traditional Irish Breakfast and Tea
other delicious scone recipes to make for your tea time or snacks are —-> Cheese Scones Sugar Free and these —-> Savory Cheese Herb Scone Recipe and get more scone ideas —-> 10 Tasty Cheese Scones Recipes
PrintEasy Plain Scone Recipe
Easy Plain Scone Recipe. The best simple basic recipe mix that make the best delicious tea time snack or dessert with jam and cream.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 30 min
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Desserts, snack
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
- 2 Cups of Flour
- 2 Tablespoons of sugar
- 4 Tablespoons of butter
- 1 large egg
- 2 Heaped teaspoons of baking powder. (measure according to your altitude)
- 1/4 Cup of Milk and 1/4 Cup of water
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220 Deg. C (425 Deg. F)
- Grease baking tray or muffin pans.
- Sift the dry ingredients together. (flour baking powder and salt)
- Rub the butter in until it forms a bread crumb mixture.
- Beat the egg and milk, water liquid together. Add the sugar as well and beat until smooth.
- Mix this liquid with the dry ingredients with the knife and mix well.
- Drop spoonful’s onto a greased baking tray or or into muffin pan.
- Bake for 10 – 15 minutes at 220 Deg. C (425 Deg. F)
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