Easy Buttery Drop Raisin Scones Recipes

RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Cut in butter to coarse crumbs.
• Stir in raisins and buttermilk.
• Stir just until moistened.
• Place on floured surface,knead a few times (6-8).
• Pat into an 8in circle,cut into 12 wedges.
• Place on greased cookie sheet.
• Beat egg white until foamy, brush scones.
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 400* for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

SIMPLE SCONES

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour mixture on the large holes of a box grater; use your fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse meal), then stir in raisins.
• In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth.
• Using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Use your hands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. (The dough will be sticky in places, and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as you press, the dough will come together.)
• Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7- to 8-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp. of sugar. Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles; place on a cookie sheet (preferably lined with parchment paper), about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature.

DROP SCONES (SO EASY)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease a cookie sheet.
• Mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Cut in butter until fine crumbs; food processor is best.
• Place in large bowl; add cranberries and raisins.
• Beat milk and egg with a fork.
• Add milk and egg mixture to flour mixture; stir with fork until moistened.
• Drop by 12 heaping spoonfuls, 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheet.
• Sprinkle with the 1 Tablespoon sugar.
• Bake 13 minutes or until golden.
• Cool on rack.

BUTTERMILK DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Stir all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a mixing bowl until all ingredients are evenly dispersed.
• Stir buttermilk, applesauce, and egg together in a separate bowl. Add to flour mixture and stir until dough is sticky. Fold in cranberries and almonds.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl for the topping. Drop 1/4 cup-size dollops of batter onto the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops are golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.

ULTRA-BUTTERY IRISH SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk milk, granulated sugar, and kosher salt in a medium bowl until sugar and salt dissolve. Whisk flour and baking powder in a large bowl. Cut 10 Tbsp. butter into 1/2" cubes, add to flour mixture, and blend with a pastry cutter or your fingertips until pea-size pieces form with some larger chunks remaining. Add milk mixture and stir with a fork until large clumps form. Gently knead in the bowl until dough just comes together. Transfer to a lightly floured work surface.
• With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out dough to a 14x8" rectangle, with long side facing you. Heat 2 Tbsp. butter in a small, microwave-proof bowl in the microwave until softened but not melted, about 20 seconds. Spread evenly over dough with fingertips, then sprinkle currants evenly on top and press to adhere. Fold up bottom third of dough over center, then fold down top third to meet bottom edge, as if folding a letter. Fold in half crosswise, then, using a rolling pin, gently flatten into an 8x4" rectangle.
• Cut dough in half lengthwise and in quarters crosswise to form 8 even squares. Transfer to prepared pan, spacing 2" apart. Sprinkle tops generously with demerara sugar and lightly with flaky sea salt.
• Bake until scones are golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Meanwhile, melt remaining 4 Tbsp. butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. When butter bubbles, remove from heat and skim off foam from surface. As soon as the scones come out of the oven, lightly brush tops with clarified butter, leaving behind white solids in bottom of saucepan. Cool scones on sheet on a wire rack and serve hot, warm, or room temperature.

RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine dry ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in raisins and buttermilk just until moistened. Turn onto a floured surface; knead gently 6-8 times. Pat into an 8-in. circle and cut into 12 wedges. Place 1 in. apart on a greased baking sheet. Beat egg white until foamy; brush over scones. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 425° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

EASY BUTTERY DROP RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• Sift all dry ingredients together.
• Cut in butter until crumbly.
• Stir in raisins.
• Mix the milk with one beaten egg and stir into the dry mix until it just comes together.
• Onto a parchment lined sheet pan, scoop out 10 scones with a large cookie scooper.
• Brush each scone with the remaining beaten egg and bake at 425* for 12 to 15 minutes.
• Serve with butter and jam.

BUTTERSCOTCH DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Sift all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl. Add chilled butter; using fingertips, rub in until coarse meal forms. Mix in chips. Whisk 1/2 cup cream and egg in small bowl to blend. Gradually add cream mixture to dry ingredients, tossing with fork until dough comes together in moist clumps. Add more cream by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls onto large rimmed baking sheet, spacing apart. Bake scones until golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BUTTERMILK RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 330 degrees F.
• Grease large cookie sheet.
• Mix first 5 ingredients in large bowl.
• Add butter and rub with fingertips until mixture resembles fine meal.
• Whisk buttermilk, eggs and vanilla in medium bowl to blend.
• Gradually add to flour mixture along with raisins and stir until moist clumps form.
• Turn dough out onto lightly-floured surface.
• Knead 4 times to blend.
• Transfer to prepared cookie sheet and press into 8 inch round.
• Using small, sharp knife, score dough into 8 wedges.
• Bake until golden-brown and tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• Cool slightly.
• Re-cut.

BEST BUTTERMILK RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In large bowl mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar and salt.
• Cut in margarine with pastry cutter till crumbly.
• Add buttermilk and raisins and mix. Batter should be stiff but not dry.
• Drop by large rounded spoonfuls onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle tops of scones with sugar.
• Bake 15 minutes till golden brown.
• Serve with strawberry jam and devonshire cream.
• Recipe may be doubled.

RAISIN MINI-SCONES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine butter and oats. Stir in egg substitute, vanilla and sugar substitute. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to oat mixture alternately with milk. Stir in raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes or until browned.

BUTTERMILK DROP SCONES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Combine the egg, buttermilk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the cranberries, apricots and pecans. , Drop by 1/4 cupfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over dough. Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Serve warm.