Cake Flour Scones Recipe Recipes Recipe For Chicken

TEA SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Sprinkle baking sheet lightly with flour. Combine 2 cups cake flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Beat egg and 7 tablespoons milk in small bowl. Pour egg mixture over dry ingredients, tossing with fork until moist and adding 1 more tablespoon milk if dry. Gather dough into ball. Turn out onto lightly floured surface. Shape dough into 8-inch round about 3/4 inch thick. Transfer round to prepared baking sheet. Using sharp knife, cut round into 8 equal wedges; do not separate wedges.
• Bake scones until tester inserted into center comes out clean and top is golden, about 20 minutes. Recut scones. Serve warm or at room temperature.

PAT-A-CAKE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Make a big dent or well in center of mixture.
• Pour in 3/4 cup whipping cream and lemon peel.
• Stir until mixture is crumbly.
• Coat hands with a little flour.
• Use your hands (no need to use a rolling pin) to gently knead the dough in the mixing bowl until it can form a ball.
• Gently roll or pat the dough into a 7 1/2-inch circle on a floured surface.
• Cut the dough into pizza-shaped triangles.
• You should yield 6 or 8 wedges.
• Place scones about 1-inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Lightly brush scones with additional cream; sprinkle with additional sugar.
• Bake about 18 minutes or until scones are brown on tops and bottoms.
• Serve warm.