SCOTTISH SCONES WITH CINNAMON/SUGAR
List of Ingredients
- 2 CUPS FLOUR
- 2 TEASPOONS BAKING POWDER
- 1/4 TEASPOON BAKING SODA
- 3 TABLESPOONS SUGAR
- 1/3 CUP SWEET BUTTER, CHILLED AND CUBED
- 1/2 CUP HEAVY CREAM OR BUTTERMILK
- 1 LARGE EGG
- TOPPING:
- 2 TABLESPOONS HEAVY CREAM
- 2 TABLESPOONS BROWN SUGAR, UNPACKED AND BROKEN UP INTO GRANULES
- 1 TABLESPOON SUGR
- 3/4 TEASPOON CINNAMON MORE OR LESS TO TASTE PREFERENCE
Instructions
- PREHEAT OVEN TO 425° OR 400° IF USING CONVECTION OVEN. LIGHTLY GREASE A BAKING SHEET.
- IN FOOD PROCESSOR BOWL, MIX FLOUR, BAKING POWDER, BAKING SODA AND SUGAR, PULSE A FEW TIMES TO BLEND. ADD BUTTER AND PROCESS UNTIL MIXTURE RESEMBLES CRUMBS. ADD THE HEAVY CREAM OR BUTTERMILK AND EGG, PULSING JUST UNTIL ALL INGREDIENTS ARE MOISTENED. ( BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO OVER PROCESS THE DOUGH).
- TURN DOUGH OUT ONTO A LIGHTLY FLOURED WORK SURFACE AND GENTLY PAT OUT INTO A 7" CIRCLE . USING A SHARP KNIFE, DIVIDE INTO EQUAL TRIANGLE PIECES, ABOUT 6. USING A LARGE SPATULA, GENTLY TRANSFER TO A LIGHTLY GREASED BAKING SHEET.
- GENEROUSLY BRUSH TOPS OF WEDGES WITH HEAVY CREAM TWICE, SET ASIDE.
- IN A SMALL BOWL, MIX TOGETHER THE BROWN SUGAR, REGULAR SUGAR AND CINNAMON AND STIR WITH A FORK UNTIL ALL INGREDIENTS ARE MIXED AND SUGARS ARE GRAINY. SPRINKLE CINNAMON SUGAR MIXTURE GENEROUSLY OVER TOPS OF WEDGES.
- BAKE FOR 12 TO 15 MINUTES OR UNTIL PUFFED AND LIGHTLY GOLDEN. THE TOPS OF THE SCONES MAY CRACK A BIT WITH THE TOPPING, THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT.
- 6 SCONES
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