Scone Recipe | DearDiary.Net

As promised, my recipe for scones. These are probably lower in fat than most, and may not be to your taste if you like the richer variety.

Plain Scones

Dry Ingredients:

1 Cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 Cup unbleached flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon salt

Wet Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons melted butter
3 Tablespoons honey
1 Cup buttermilk

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl, and the wet ones in another bowl.

Pour the wet into the dry and stir only to get them together. Do not overmix.

The dough will be moist.

Sprinkle a generous handful of unbleached flour on your board and scoop the dough onto it. Gently fold the dough and knead in the flour until you can form a round that is about 8 or 9 inches across, using as little of the flour as possible to handle the dough. Cut the round into 6 wedges.(You can cut out circles if you want to) They are going to look a bit lumpy and unruly, don't let this bother you. If you work with the dough too much, it just makes them tough. Better a tender ugly scone, than a tough pretty one! Using a spatula, place the scones on a greased cookie sheet (or parchment paper or sil pad if you have) and put them into a pre-heated 425 degree oven for 15- 20 minutes.

Now, me personally, I like them better with "stuff" in them.
Dried apples, dried cranberries or cherries, or raisins. Just a generous handful will do, add them to the dry ingredients.
And when I add fruit, I also add half a teaspoon of a complimentary spice, cinnamon or nutmeg or ginger, whatever is your favorite.

And if you like, you can replace one cup of the whole wheat pastry flour with one cup of old fashioned oats. (Which is what I am going to do this afternoon!)

Eat them warm from the oven. OR let them cool completely and store in the freezer to heat and eat later.

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