Scones

Look no additional, you’ve discovered the perfect simple, foolproof recipe for tender, buttery, and ideal scones, prepared in simply Half-hour! My recipe contains loads of ideas and methods in addition to an in depth video tutorial. Consists of notes on the best way to add your favourite mix-ins like fruit, chocolate, or nuts, too!

Close-up view of a tall, wedge-shaped scone surrounded by other scones on a striped towel.

A Easy, Basic Scones Recipe

This fast and straightforward scone recipe makes flavorful, superbly textured scones with none fuss. It comes collectively in minutes in a meals processor (simple clean-up!) and yields skilled, tea-party worthy outcomes each time. They style terrific plain, however will also be dressed up with add-ins or a sprinkle of sugar or a smear of jam.

In the event you’ve been too intimidated to make this wedge formed deal with previously, you gained’t be after making an attempt my scone recipe. You’ve bought this!

Why you’ll love this recipe:

No pastry cutter wanted! As a substitute we’ll use a meals processor, which does all the heavy lifting with out overworking the dough. Observe: I do additionally present directions for the best way to make them with a pastry cutter or grater, in case you don’t have a meals processor.
Fully customizable. Frozen fruit (or contemporary fruit, it’s only a bit messier), chocolate chips, dried fruit, nuts, or citrus zest are all nice choices. I’ve used this recipe for many completely different taste variations equivalent to my lemon poppy seed scones, chocolate scones, raspberry scones, and extra! It’s also possible to omit the sugar and make a savory model–yum!
No eggs. That is no unintentional omission. I discovered that utilizing eggs makes for much less flaky and fewer melt-in-your-mouth outcomes.
Flaky, tender layers, due to slightly laminating. This course of is straightforward, and it’s nice apply for once you need to strive making biscuits or puff pastry 😉

What You Want

Among the finest issues about my scones recipe is that it makes use of fundamental elements that you just most likely have already got available.

Overhead view of labeled ingredients including flour, butter, heavy cream, and more.

Butter. Preserve your butter as chilly as attainable, as chilly butter items distributed all through the dough makes for tender, flaky, and buttery layers! I wish to freeze my butter for a minimum of 15-Half-hour (or longer) earlier than I start.
Flour. Do NOT use self-rising flour or your scones will grow to be a lot too tall and tip over. Follow common, all-purpose flour (“plain flour” within the UK).
Heavy cream. This helps bind all the things collectively, very like an egg would, however the outcomes are rather more melt-in-your-mouth. Make certain to maintain this good and chilly too!
Sugar. A small quantity provides sweetness, however not a lot which you could’t add a vanilla glaze or candy add-ins. I additionally add a splash of vanilla extract. You possibly can omit or cut back these in case you are making savory scones.
Add-ins. These scones are nice plain, however in case you’d like, you may add chocolate chips, nuts, frozen fruit (contemporary can get messy), and many others. Cheddar cheese is a superb addition for a savory model! Observe that making this recipe with add-ins, particularly moist add-ins like fruit, will end in a barely longer bake time.

SAM’S TIP: If you may get your arms on it, I like to recommend utilizing a top quality European butter on this scone recipe. It has a better fats content material and makes for particularly delectable, tender outcomes.

The way to Make Scones

Four photo collage showing scone dough being prepared in a food processor.

Pulse the dry elements collectively in your meals processor.
Add the butter items and pulse till included; the butter items must be no bigger than a chocolate chip at this level.
Pour the cream and vanilla over the butter combination.
Pulse till your dough begins to clump collectively. You possibly can check this by pinching some dough between your fingers–if it clings collectively, it’s prepared!

It’s necessary to notice that you need to be pulsing the elements briefly spurts and never merely mixing. Pulsing ensure all the things will get evenly distributed. In the event you simply mix all the things, it gained’t incorporate evenly and the batter will get too moist, too heat, and over-worked.

Four photo collage showing chocolate chips being worked into scone dough before it is formed into a disc, cut into wedges, and baked.

Lamination: Flip your dough out onto a floured floor. Sprinkle any add-ins overtop, if utilizing, and kind it right into a disc. Fold the dough over itself (add extra add-ins right here if desired), flatten, rotate 90 levels, and repeat. Do that course of about 5 occasions whole.
Type your dough right into a disc that’s about 1″ thick and 6″ broad. Keep away from over-handling your dough and don’t heat it up an excessive amount of, or your scones might grow to be flat and dense. The disc doesn’t have to be tremendous clean.
Reduce the disc into wedges, urgent straight down with a pointy knife–do NOT noticed! In the event you do, then your scones might tip over within the oven or have messy edges.
Place the scones in your baking sheet, brush them with cream, and sprinkle with sugar. Bake till gentle golden brown and let cool barely earlier than having fun with.

SAM’S TIP: In case your dough will get too heat throughout the lamination course of, you may pop your scones within the freezer for 10-Quarter-hour earlier than baking. It’s essential that your dough stays good and chilly!

Wedge shaped scone being brushed with heavy cream before baking.

Regularly Requested Questions

How do I make scones and not using a meals processor?

You should utilize a grater or a pastry cutter to chop the butter into the flour as an alternative; nonetheless, your dough might be very dry and would require extra effort to return collectively. I present extra detailed directions for this within the recipe under.

Can I make them prematurely to bake later?

Sure! To do that, put together your dough as instructed, then wrap in cling wrap (or place in an hermetic container) and retailer within the fridge for as much as 3 days or within the freezer for as much as 3 months.

If baking from the fridge, you may observe the recipe as written. If baking from frozen, the scones may have just a few further minutes within the oven. I at all times wait till simply earlier than baking earlier than brushing them with cream and sprinkling with sugar.

Can I freeze after baking?

Sure! To freeze baked scones, allow them to cool fully after baking. As soon as they’ve cooled, switch them to an hermetic container (I wish to loosely wrap every scone in wax paper or parchment paper in order that they don’t stick collectively) and luxuriate in inside 3 months.

Interior of a scone showing tender, flaky layers.

This scones recipe is tasty sufficient to be served plain, however slightly honey butter, strawberry sauce, or whipped cream on the facet by no means hurts!

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This scone recipe makes tender, buttery scones in simply Half-hour! Be at liberty so as to add your favourite mix-ins like fruit, chocolate, or nuts. Recipe features a how-to video!

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Course: Breakfast

Delicacies: American

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook dinner Time: 15 minutes

Whole Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 8 scones

Energy: 292kcal

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Directions

Preheat your oven to 375F (190C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Put aside.
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt within the basin of a meals processor and pulse to mix.

2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour, ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar, 2 teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon salt
Reduce butter into Tablespoon-sized items and scatter over flour combination, pulse till butter is lower up into the flour combination and butter items are now not seen.

½ cup (113 g) very chilly unsalted butter
Mix the cream and vanilla extract in a measuring cup and pour heavy cream over your flour combination.

½ cup (120 ml) heavy cream, ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Pulse till dough begins to clump collectively.
Switch dough to a calmly floured floor and (dealing with calmly, as you don’t need to over-work this dough) add any add-ins at this level, gently working them into the dough. Fold the dough in half over itself and use your arms to softly flatten layers collectively. Rotate the dough 90 levels and fold in half once more, repeating this step 5 occasions and taking care to not overwork the dough.

½ cup add-ins
Type the dough right into a clean disk about 1″ thick by 6″ spherical.
Reduce the disk into 8 wedges, urgent the knife straight down with every lower.
Switch wedges to ready baking sheet and place about 2″ aside. Brush calmly with cream and sprinkle with sugar.

Further heavy cream for brushing over scones, Further sugar for sprinkling over scones
Bake on 375F (190C) for 14-16 minutes or till edges are simply starting to show golden brown. Don’t over-bake your scones or they are going to be dry and difficult.
Permit scones to chill on baking sheet earlier than serving and having fun with.

Notes

¹Food Processor

In the event you don’t have a meals processor you may make the scones by whisking collectively the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Reduce the butter into the dry elements with both a pastry cutter, field grater, or pair of knives. Whisk collectively heavy cream and vanilla and pour over and stir till well-combined. The dough might be very dry however will come along with some effort. If completely needed you may add a bit extra cream, a splash at a time.

Storing

Scones are finest loved contemporary, however you may retailer in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 3 days. See the FAQ part within the put up for directions on freezing scones (earlier than or after baking).

The way to Make Lemon Scones

Add 1 Tbsp of contemporary lemon zest into the dough with the butter
As soon as scones have cooled, dip in a easy glaze manufactured from 1 ¼ cup (160g) powdered sugar, 1 ½ Tablespoons (20ml) lemon juice, 1 ½ teaspoons of water, and ¼ teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Diet

Dietary info is predicated on third-party calculations and must be thought-about an estimate solely. Precise dietary content material will range primarily based upon manufacturers used, measuring strategies, cooking technique, portion sizes, and extra.

I initially printed this recipe a few years in the past, however have simply up to date it as I believed it might use a brand new video and a few up to date ideas and tutorial pictures.

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