Plain Scones

Name: Plain Scones
Yield: 12 large scones
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; ¼ cup sugar; ¾ cup milk; 2 large eggs; 1 egg well beaten with a pinch of salt; 1 egg well beaten with a pinch of salt; 5 tablespoons unsalted butter; ½ teaspoon salt; ¾ cup raisins or currants (optional); ¾ cup raisins or currants (optional)

Preparation info

12
large scones

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

About

These plain scones are shaped in the classic manner. The dough is formed into round cakes, then cut into quarters, so that the baked scones have a triangular shape.

Ingredients

3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
1 tablespoon

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Method

Set a rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees.
Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl.
Cut the butter into 12 pieces and rub it evenly into the dry ingredients, until the mixture has the appearance of fine cornmeal. Add