Sweet and Savory Scones

Scones don’t have to be the rock-hard lumps of flour you find in cafés. As the quintessential daytime entertaining food, they should be flaky, like buttermilk biscuits, and as soft as the gloves your grandmother might have worn while eating them at afternoon tea. Best eaten fresh, these scones are moist and flavorful and pair beautifully with butter or jam, or can be enjoyed on their own. Day-old scones work great cut in half for a breakfast sandwich or as a base for a