Ingredients: 2 cups of all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup of sugar, 2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup heavy cream or buttermilk, 1 egg, (optional) 1 1/2 vanilla, and 1-1.5 cups of add-ins.
Instructions:
1. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Like the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
2. For this step, you need frozen butter. you cut it with a pastry cutter two forks or just smash it with your hands. So you work it in with the dry ingredients.
3. whisk the wet ingredients together. Like the vanilla, egg, and heavy cream or buttermilk.
4. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together.
5. form into a circle or wedge
6. brush with heavy cream or buttermilk.
7. refrigerate for at least 15 min.
8. bake until golden brown. So pretty much for 20-25 min in a relatively.
And that is it!
recipe from: sallysbakingaddiction.com/scone-recipe/
History of Scones:
In the UK, big shipments are worth 64m pounds. showing a 9% increase from 2005. No one even knows who or where invented scones first.
Scone originated in the early 1500s. It was fashionable ritual with taking tea. it was also served with a variety of breads and tea.
Websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scone#History
foodreference.com/html/a-scone-history.html