Scones

Made scones a few days ago. They were super easy and so good. Calum even asked if I could make them for him again the next day. I adapted a recipe that I have from Martha Stewart. I have fave beans in the kitchen too for another one of my favorite recipes (another post soon).

   Here is the simple recipe, one that will go in the family cookbook for sure.

2 cups flour

3 tablespoons of sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt (although the second batch I left this out and it was just as good)

Mix the dry ingredients then add

1 1/4 cups heavy cream

Mix together very lightly and take the dough out of the bowl and place it on a floured surface and gentle gather dough into a mound just until it holds together. Press it into an 8 inch circle about 1/2 inch thick. If you want to top the scones with sugar lightly brush melted butter onto the dough disk and then sprinkle sugar on top. Then cut into 8 wedges. This is what it looks like right before you cut the wedges. You can also add cinnamon to the top.

Bake the scones at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes. Then serve to anyone but especially Calum!