Wednesday, 28 August 2013

fresh raspberry scones

(First of all, I've tried a new background from Vintagemadeforyou and I know some of you have had stress with this website when I've used their backgrounds. Please let me know how it works. Hope it will this time---fingers crossed---since it's been a long time ago that I used from here.) Okay, let's get on with this:

2 1/2 cups flour 
1/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
dash salt
1/2 cup cold butter, cut in pieces
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries
1 Tbsp sugar

Preheat oven to 400. With pastry blender, cut together five ingredients till pea-size chunks form. In another bowl whisk together buttermilk and egg. Mix together wet and dry ingredients just until blended. If it's too thick add a little milk. Fold in the raspberries. On parchment-paper lined pans, pat dough into two circles approximately 3/4" thick and 7" across. Sprinkle with 1Tbsp sugar. Score each circle into 8 wedges with a knife. Bake until golden brown, 15 - 18 minutes. Serve warm with butter or sour cream sweetened with icing sugar and a splash of vanilla.

3 comments:

Jana said...

Love your new background! It looks good on my computer, at least! These scones look good, too. Wish we HAD fresh raspberries to put in 'em! But like rhubarb, can't grow them here. However, we are up to our necks in Okra just about now...

rheajayne said...

Looks good! Both the background and the scones!

Grace said...

I'm convinced okra would NOT be a good choice in these scones, but don't you think about ANY kind of fruit would work? Blueberries, rhubarb (sorry!) peach, apricot, cherries...now THAT would be yummy! Cherries...I'll have to try that. Add some almond flavoring then...