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What Are Scones, Anyway?
Scones are a type of quick bread that originated in the UK. They’re tender and slightly flaky in texture, and can be made sweet or savory. Scones are traditionally made with just flour, liquid (usually milk or cream), a leavening agent (like baking powder), eggs, and a type of fat (typically butter).
How to Make Scones
Learn the basics, then start customizing!
Making scones from scratch couldn’t be simpler! There’s no dough chilling required; you can shape the scones and bake them right away.
- Make the dough: Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt, then cut the cold butter into the flour mixture. Add the eggs and milk. Stir to combine.
- Shape the scones: Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and divide into two equal balls. Pat each ball into a circle, then place onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Using a knife, divide each ball into triangles.
- Bake the scones: Bake until lightly golden all over.
Tips for Making Scones
Have you ever made scones? If not, before you check out any recipes you’ll want to read about my tips for cutting butter into flour – something that you’ll need to know how to do for any of these recipes. After mastering that skill, try some of these scone recipes.
Make Your Own!
Once you are confident with the method for making scones, they really are not that difficult. You can also try tweaking my Master Scone Recipe (+ Flavor Variations!) to come up with tall sorts of scone recipe variations
Favorite Scone Recipes
If I had to recommend one or two, I’d choose Lemon Blueberry Scones or Cranberry Orange Scones, but there are tons of scone recipes to choose from below!
