Currant Scones

Name: Currant Scones
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: English, Scottish, British, European
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 118 milliliters dried currants; 1 large egg, well beaten with a hand blender, for glazing; 2 larges eggs, chilled; 9 servings A few gratings of fresh nutmeg; 0 teaspoons fine sea salt; 2 Tbsps superfine sugar; 710 milliliters unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more as needed; 10 Tbsps (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 177 milliliters whole milk

Currant Scones might be just the morn meal you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 255 calories, 6g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe is typical of Scottish cuisine. A mixture of butter, milk, unbleached flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 425°F. Line a half-sheet pan with parchment paper.

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Whisk the milk and 2 eggs together in a small bowl; set aside. Sift the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and nutmeg into a medium bowl.

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Baking Powder

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the butter and mix quickly to coat the butter with the flour mixture. Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour, scraping the butter off the blender as needed, until the mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs with some pea-size pieces of butter.

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Coarse Breadcrumbs

Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk the milk and 2 eggs together in a small bowl; set aside. Sift the dry ingredients together into the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer.

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Egg

Milk

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the butter. Attach the bowl to the mixer and fit with the paddle attachment.

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Butter

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Bowl

Mix on medium-low speed until the mixture looks mealy with some pea-size bits of butter.

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Butter

Mix in the currants. Reduce the mixer speed to low.

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Currants

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Blender

Add the milk mixture, mixing just until the dough barely comes together.

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Dough

Milk

Turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface and sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of flour on top. Knead the dough a few times, just until it doesn't stick to the work surface. Do not overwork the dough. The surface will be floured, but the inside of the dough should remain on the wet side. Gently roll out the dough into a 3/4-inch-thick round.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Using a 2 1/2-inch fluted biscuit cutter, dipping the cutter into flour between cuts, cut out the scones (cut straight down and do not twist the cutter) and place 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared half-sheet pan. To get the most biscuits out of the dough, cut out the scones close together in concentric circles. Gather up the dough scraps, knead very lightly, and repeat to cut out more scones. You should get two scones from the second batch of scraps.

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