| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 30 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Cook: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 1 dozen |
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 3/4 cup cream
- 1 egg
- Handful dried currants or dried cranberries
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix well. Cut in butter and shortening. In a separate bowl, combine cream with beaten egg then add to dry ingredients. Stir in fruit. Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Roll dough out and cut into biscuit size rounds. Bake for 15 minutes or until brown.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 12 servings |
| Calories | 212 |
| Total Fat | 12 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 23 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 7 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 44 mg |
| Sodium | 133 mg |
Reviews
This recipe is the best for making scones! It’s easy to make!
Great balance. Instead of cranberries, I zested 2 large halos and added a handful of chocolate chips. Also rolled the dough into a log and cut into equal sections. A little easier/faster than rolling out.
The best scones ever! Light, flaky, moist! I do the cranberry orange variation.
Super moist and light, as well as completely delicious! Instead of raisins I added a few handfuls of frozen blueberries (didn’t even thaw them). My dough was a bit wet, so instead of rolling out, I simply dropped them onto the cookie sheet.
often the best recipes are the simple ones. sometimes i add lemon zest to the mix and then drizzle lemon glaze once it’s cooled
These are the best scones we have ever had. They are tasty, moist and plain delicious!
Cannot wait to make another batch!
Cannot wait to make another batch!
Great Scone recipe! I baked the scone recipe plain & next batch with blackberries! Delicious both ways!I was surprised that I really enjoyed the plain scones. Just the right amount of ingredients to make a tender, tasty scone. I served them warm to my husband, right out of the oven. His first scone and he loved it!
These were delicious with a cup of coffee! Thanks AB!
A delightful full bodied scone with a lovely texture and depth!
I have tasted scones all over the world and this recipe makes one of the best I have ever tasted. I enjoy making little changes to recipes and creating something unique. For this one I substituted 1/4 cup Mascarpone cheese, 1/4 cup “Italian Sweet Cream” coffee creamer by Coffemate and 1/4 cup plain yogurt. It changed the consistency a little but it was lovely..I also used blueberries and tiny chunks of apple and a pinch of cinnamon. It was Awesome!!!
Super simple to make the original recipe and add to it, just be careful with adding extra sugar if you are using other sweet ingredients.
I have tasted scones all over the world and this recipe makes one of the best I have ever tasted. I enjoy making little changes to recipes and creating something unique. For this one I substituted 1/4 cup Mascarpone cheese, 1/4 cup “Italian Sweet Cream” coffee creamer by Coffemate and 1/4 cup plain yogurt. It changed the consistency a little but it was lovely..I also used blueberries and tiny chunks of apple and a pinch of cinnamon. It was Awesome!!!
Super simple to make the original recipe and add to it, just be careful with adding extra sugar if you are using other sweet ingredients.
On vacation my friend Karen and I decided we wanted to make scones and thought this recipe was good as it seemed simple. Well it is very good and so easy to make. We didn’t have enough cream so we did half of the required amount and substituted plain yogurt for the balance, also at the suggestion of another reviewer we added a bit more sugar…very tasty. Delicious.