Tuesday's Recipe

Those of you who know me, know I enjoy baking. I love cooking too, but if I had to pick one, I would choose baking. The recipe today I'm sharing is for scones. These are the best scones I’ve ever eaten (except some made by my mom once, and Shana can attest to this). These are truly wonderful.

Robinson House Scones

3 cups flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 ½ teasp. baking powder
½ teasp. baking soda
¾ teasp. salt (or less if you’re salt sensitive)
¾ cup firm butter (1 ½ sticks), cut into small pieces
¾ cup chopped dried fruit or nuts (finely chopped, candied ginger is super good!)
1 cup buttermilk (if you don’t have it,  use a tiny bit less milk and add 1 tablespoon cider vinegar, stir and let stand 10 minutes before using - this is what I always do).

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly butter a baking sheet.

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt until thoroughly blended. Using a fork or pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse cornmeal. Stir in the fruit or nuts, if desired.

Make a well in the center of the butter flour mixture and add the buttermilk all at once. Stir the mixture with a fork until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. With your hands, gather the dough into a ball and turn out onto a  lightly floured board. Divide the dough into four parts and lightly pat each part into a circle. Cut each circle into four parts and place the wedges on the prepared baking sheet. (The trick is to touch the dough as little as possible without getting your fingers super gooey.) Bake until golden, about 12 minutes. Serve warm.

Makes 16 scones.

Don’t forget to hug and kiss the ones you love, and be sure to tell them how important they are to you.

Hugs,
Lynne