Fried Scones With Cinnamon Honey Butter Recipes

FRIED SCONES RECIPE

Steps:

• Pour oil of your choice into a deep frying pan, electric skillet or other deep pan to roughly 1 1/2 inches to 2 inches of oil deep.
• Heat oil over medium heat to approximately 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• While the oil is heating, measure the flour, salt and baking powder into a large bowl.
• Carefully heat the milk in the microwave for 30-45 seconds. The milk should be warm but not hot. Think baby's bath water warm.
• Combine milk with the dry ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until a sticky and somewhat fluffy dough comes together.
• Dump the sticky dough onto a well floured cutting board, baking mat or flat surface.
• Sprinkle with flour, and knead just a couple times so the dough isn't sticky to the touch anymore but still a soft dough.
• Don't go overboard with the kneading. The warm milk has activated the baking powder and over kneading with deflate the dough and make the scones tough.
• Pat the dough out into a rectangle shape about 1/4 inch thick.
• You can use a biscuit cutter if you want round scones, I personally just use a pizza cutter to cut out squares or rectangles so I don't have to overwork the dough by having to re-roll it out.
• I get roughly 12 pieces of dough.
• Brush off excess flour from the dough pieces before carefully placing in the hot oil.
• Add more scone dough pieces to the frying oil to fill the pan without over crowding.
• Use tongs to turn the scones over once the bottoms are golden brown.
• Once golden brown on both sides, remove the hot scones with tongs and place them on a paper lined with paper towels to absorb the excess oil.
• Serve these Utah style scones hot with butter, honey, or powdered sugar!

UTAH BUTTERMILK SCONES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. In another large bowl, combine the buttermilk, egg, oil, sugar, salt, baking soda, yeast mixture and 2 cups flour; beat on medium until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll dough into a 16x8-in. rectangle. Cut into 24 rectangles. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rest for 1 hour., In a deep cast-iron or electric skillet, heat oil to 375°. Fry scones, a few at a time, until golden brown on both sides, about 2-3 minutes. Drain on paper towels., For honey butter, in a large bowl, combine butter, honey, confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread on scones.