British Style Currant Scones Recipe 395

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH CURRANT SCONES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees F and line baking sheet with parchment paper or use Silpat baking mat.
• Measure out and sift the flour into a large bowl.
• Add baking powder, salt and sugar and mix to combine.
• Add in cubed butter. Use pastry blender to cut in butter. Continue until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 egg with milk.
• Add mixture to dry ingredients slowly. Mix to incorporate gently. Try not to over-knead the dough.
• If mixture still dry, add small amounts of milk until dough comes together.
• Separate half of the dough and form into large flat disc about 1 inch thick.
• Use a round biscuit cutter to cut rounds. Repeat with second half. Continue until all the dough has been used.
• Whisk second egg in separate bowl. Brush the tops of the scones with egg mixture before putting in oven.
• Bake approximately 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

CURRANT SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Cover currants with warm water in a bowl and set aside to moisten.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda in the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment at low speed, mix white sugar and salt into the flour mixture. Add all the unsalted butter to the mixer bowl and mix on low speed until butter cubes reduce to the size of small peas, about 30 seconds.
• Drain currants and discard soaking water; mix currants, buttermilk, and lemon zest into the flour mixture on low speed just until the dough starts to hold together.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and gently shape into a rectangle 18 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 1 1/2 inches thick. Brush dough with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar crystals.
• Cut the dough in half crosswise with a sharp knife; cut each half into thirds, and cut each third diagonally to make 12 triangular-shaped scones. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until scones are lightly golden brown, about 18 minutes. Eat warm.

BEST BRITISH SCONES WITH CURRENTS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 500F/260C.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. Use a whisk to mix everything together.
• Cut cold butter in several pieces and add to the dry ingredients. Use your fingers to work the butter into the flour mixture until it looks like small crumbs.
• Add currants (or whatever you want to mix in) and mix with a spoon or spatula until well combined.
• In a small mixing bowl, whisk together milk and eggs. Add to flour a little at a time. Careful! You might not need the entire amount so don't dump it all in at once. Stir with a spoon or spatula until dough forms a ball.
• Knead dough several times on well-floured surface with well-floured hands until the surface of the dough is smooth and doesn't have any cracks.
• Press dough to 1 inch [25mm] thickness. Cut out scones using a round biscuit or scone cutter or a small jam jar or glass. You should get anywhere from 7 to 12 scones, depending on the size of your cutter.
• Transfer scones to a lined baking pan. Gather remaining dough into a ball, knead it together once or twice smooth, and again roll it out to 1 inch [25mm] thickness. Cut out the rest of your scones and transfer them to your baking sheet.
• Brush the top of the scones using what's left of the milk and egg mixture or whisk one additional egg with 1 tsp milk, cream or water in a small bowl. Brush on the tops of the scones.
• Turn oven down to 425 F/215C. Bake smaller scones for 10-12 minutes and large scones for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Serve warm or at room temperature with butter, clotted cream, whipped cream, lemon curd or jam. Enjoy!
• Scones are best eaten the day they're made but I've found they're ok the next day, too.

BASIC BRITISH SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
• Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and enough milk to mix to a soft dough.
• Turn onto a floured surface, knead lightly and roll out to a 3/4-inch thickness. Cut into 2-inch rounds and place on the prepared baking sheet. Brush with milk to glaze.
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes then cool on a wire rack. Serve with butter or clotted cream and jam.

ENGLISH SCONES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and baking powder. Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in raisins. Beat milk and egg; add to dry ingredients, stirring lightly. , Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll to 1-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Bake at 425° until golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

AUTHENTIC BRITISH SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 425F.
• In a medium bowl, place the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and butter. Rub the mixture together with your fingers to break up the butter, until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Add the milk slowly, mixing as you add, using enough of the milk to get your dough to come together with no lumps remaining. (Your dough should be quite sticky. If a good consistency is not achieved with the listed amount of milk, continue adding until your dough reaches a good consistency.)
• Spoon the dough out until a well-floured surface. Generously dust the top of the dough and knead the dough 2-3 times to coat it with flour and smooth the surface. Press the dough into a round that is roughly 1 inch thick.
• Using a well-floured cookie cutter, cut the dough into 2 inch circles. (Be sure to press the cookie cutter straight down and up. Twisting the cookie cutter will impact the amount of rise you get on your scones.)
• Place the rounds onto a greased and floured baking sheet. Brush them gently with the egg yolk and milk mixture.
• Bake the scones for 12-15 minutes, until golden and firm.
• Remove the baked scones from the oven and let them cool for 30 minutes (if you can resist). If you like softer scones, cover them with a clean tea towel as they cool.

SCONES- ENGLISH STYLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease large baking sheet or line with parchment paper; set aside. Beat 2 eggs, cream and vanilla in medium bowl; set aside.
• 2. Conbine flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in dates, raisins and orange zest if using. Add cream mixture; mix until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 3. With floured hands, knead dough 4 times on lightly floured surface. Place dough on prepared baking sheet; pat into 8-inch circle. With sharp wet knife, gently score dough into 6 wedges, cutting three-fourths of the way through dough. Beat remaining egg with water; brush lightly over dough.
• 4. Bake 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes on wire rack. Cut into wedges. Serve warm with marmalade and whipped cream, if desired.

BRITISH-STYLE CURRANT SCONES RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• 1. Cut 8 tablespoons unsalted butter into ½-inch pieces and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. 2. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 500 degrees. 3. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. 4. Pulse 3 cups (15 ounces) all-purpose flour, ⅓ cup (2⅓ ounces) sugar, 2 tablespoons baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt in food processor until combined, about 5 pulses. 5. Add softened butter and pulse until fully incorporated and mixture looks like very fine crumbs with no visible butter, about 20 pulses. 6. Transfer mixture to large bowl and stir in ¾ cup dried currants. 7. Whisk 1 cup whole milk and 2 large eggs together in second bowl. 8. Set aside 2 tablespoons milk mixture. 9. Add remaining milk mixture to flour mixture and, using rubber spatula, fold together until almost no dry bits of flour remain. 10. Transfer dough to well-floured counter and gather into ball. 11. With floured hands, knead until surface is smooth and free of cracks, 25 to 30 times. 12. Press gently to form disk. Using floured rolling pin, roll disk into 9-inch round, about 1 inch thick 13. Using floured 2½-inch round cutter, stamp out 8 rounds, recoating cutter with flour if it begins to stick. Arrange scones on prepared sheet. 14. Gather dough scraps, form into ball, and knead gently until surface is smooth. Roll dough to 1-inch thickness and stamp out 4 scones. Discard remaining dough. 15. Brush tops of scones with reserved milk mixture. 16. Reduce oven temperature to 425 degrees and bake scones until risen and golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through baking. 17. Transfer scones to wire rack and let cool for at least 10 minutes. Serve scones warm or at room temperature.