Best 3 Delicious Tea Scones Recipes

DELICIOUS TEA SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Cover a cookie sheet with wax/parchment paper, or grease it.
• Combine the sugar, baking powder, salt and flour in a medium sized bowl.
• Work butter in with hands. add the egg and milk together, mixing until just moist and holding together.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and flatten it into a 1 1/2-inch high circle.
• Cut out 8 wedges, and place on the cookies sheet about an inch apart.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.

TEA SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Sprinkle baking sheet lightly with flour. Combine 2 cups cake flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Beat egg and 7 tablespoons milk in small bowl. Pour egg mixture over dry ingredients, tossing with fork until moist and adding 1 more tablespoon milk if dry. Gather dough into ball. Turn out onto lightly floured surface. Shape dough into 8-inch round about 3/4 inch thick. Transfer round to prepared baking sheet. Using sharp knife, cut round into 8 equal wedges; do not separate wedges.
• Bake scones until tester inserted into center comes out clean and top is golden, about 20 minutes. Recut scones. Serve warm or at room temperature.

AFTERNOON TEA SCONES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk the egg, sour cream, lemon zest and orange zest; stir into crumb mixture just until moistened. Stir in currants. Turn onto a floured surface; knead 10 times., Roll into a 7-in. circle In a small bowl, beat egg yolk and water. Brush over dough. Cut into six wedges. Transfer to a greased baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.