Recipe: Scones

Here are some scones. Prep time 1 day, 15 minutes. This recipe was first published Nov 2016 on Oldmanpants. It should still work.

ingredients

• 3 cups Tipo ‘00’ - ½ cup white sugar
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk

method

Day One.
Take the butter out of the refrigerator for softening purposes.

Day Two.

• Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Shit. Should have turned the oven on. Preheat it to 400°F.
• Cut the softened butter into the dry mix.
• Mix the egg and the milk in a small bowl. Then stir it into the dry mix.
• Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead lightly as needed.
• Make some little biscuits out of the dough and put them on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until they start to get a little golden-brown on the top.