Old-Fashioned Cream Scones

Name: Old-Fashioned Cream Scones
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 7
Cuisine: English, Scottish, British, European
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 473 milliliters cake flour; 118 milliliters dried currants; 2 egg yolks; 158 milliliters heavy cream, plus; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sugar, plus 1 Tbsp. for sprinkling; 6 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, cut into bits

Old-Fashioned Cream Scones might be just the Scottish recipe you are searching for. This recipe serves 7. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 367 calories, 6g of protein, and 20g of fat. Head to the store and pick up egg yolks, cake flour, salt, and a few other things to make it today. It works best as a morn meal, and is done in approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

In a large bowl, whisk flour and 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Work in butter with fingertips or a pastry cutter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in currants.

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Baking Powder

Currants

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Pastry Cutter

Whisk

Bowl

In a small bowl, whisk together 2/3 cup cream and egg yolks; stir into flour mixture with a fork until dough comes together in a ball. Knead dough in bowl three times to blend; do not overwork. On a lightly floured surface, pat dough into a 3/4-inch-thick round. Using a 2 1/2- to 3-inch cutter, cut out 5 scones and transfer to prepared baking sheet. Reshape scraps and cut 2 more scones.

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Egg Yolk