Scone Recipe

(banana walnut above)

Trying to make scones at home is quite a challenge, considering the bakery my sister works at am has pretty much perfected the art! Yet anyways, I have tried to create my perfect, at-home scone recipe and here it is. Each time I make it, they just get better and better!

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, frozen
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• mix-in ingredients
• strawberry and white chocolate chips
• cinnamon (powder) and cinnamon and chocolate chips
• banana and walnuts
• powdered sugar (for rolling out)
• sugar in the raw (to top with)

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.

To start, mix in all dry ingredients in a bowl. use a whisk to blend ingredients together.

Cut butter in to one tablespoon portions and add to dry mixture. use a emulsion blender to mix butter into flour mix. (could also do in food processor)

In a cup measurer, combine sour cream, vanilla and egg. Mix together well.

At this time, add toppings in to flour mixture. Then add wet ingredients and stir using spoon until all moist and dough has formed.

Fold out dough on to a work surface prepped with powdered sugar. Mold into circle and cut out scones.

Line baking sheet with parchment paper and place scones on sheet. Sprinkle sugar in the raw on scones at this time.

Bake in oven for 12 minutes. Rotate tray. Bake addition four - five minutes, until nice and golden brown.

Let cool on rack. Enjoy!