Simple Scones

Scones are good to have for tea with clotted cream or just as simple as with butter and jam. I love my scones to be served with strawberry jam. Simple and yummy. So here is the recipe for scones:

Ingredients:

2 cups all- purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
1/2 cup raisins (or dried currants)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 large egg

Directions:

1) Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and preheat oven to 200C.

2) In a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour mixture on the large holes of a box grater; use your fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse meal), then stir in raisins.


3) In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth.

4) Using a fork, stir in sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Use your hands to press the dough against th bowl into a ball. The dough will be sticky in places and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as you press, the dough will come together.

5) Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 8-8 inch circle about 3/4 inch thick. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp of sugar. Use sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles; place on a cookie sheet (preferably lined with parchment paper), about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature.