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Time: 40 minutes. These light, fluffy, not-too-sweet scones are especially good with a fragrant cup of jasmine tea. This basic recipe is a great foundation for any flavor of scone you like; we’ve given three suggestions below. Ingredients:
3 cups flour |
1/3 cup granulated sugar |
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt |
3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed |
2/3 cup buttermilk |
powdered sugar |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375°. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
2. Beat flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium speed until crumbly and butter is pea-size, about 2 minutes. Add buttermilk and mix just until dough starts to come together, about 20 seconds. Mix just to blend into a shaggy dough, about 10 more seconds. (If you don't have a stand mixer, cut the butter into the dry ingredients with a pastry blender, then stir in buttermilk.)
3. Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface. Form into 2 disks, each about 1 in. thick and still dry-looking in a few spots. Cut each disk into 8 wedges. Put wedges on baking sheets 1 in. apart.
4. Bake until puffed and golden, about 20 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar.
5. VARIATIONS:
6. APRICOT-GINGER
7. Add 1/3 cup each minced dried apricots and crystallized ginger. You can use any kind of dried apricot, but we especially love California Blenheims for their rich, tangy-sweet flavor (order online from or ).
8. CHERRY-ALMOND
9. Add 1/3 cup each dried tart cherries and sliced almonds.
10. BLUEBERRY-LEMON
11. Add 3 tbsp. lemon zest to flour mixture and gently mix in 1/3 cup frozen blueberries in step 3, being careful not to mash the fruit. (Frozen berries are better in scones than fresh, because they don’t ooze as much).
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