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English Scones Recipe

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When I came to America from England in 1967, I made sure to bring along my favorite recipe for scones. Served warm with butter, they're perfect for breakfast.

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English Scones Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 10 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup cold butter, cubed
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
Additional milk

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and baking powder. Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in raisins. Beat milk and egg; add to dry ingredients, stirring lightly.
Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll to 1-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Bake at 425° for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. Yield: 10 scones.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 228 calories, 6 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 35 mg cholesterol, 141 mg sodium, 41 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as English Scones in Cookin' Up Country Breakfasts Cookbook , p67

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Reviewed on Jun. 04, 2013 by BrunoAniceto

These scones are AWESOME! Everybody loved them!!! I really got used to scones with tea when I lived in London, and now that I'm back in Brazil I can have them whenever I want.

Reviewed on Mar. 12, 2013 by mhofer

Loved it. Easy and quick. Yes I would use ir again

Reviewed on Mar. 08, 2013 by RJG50

Was very bland...should have added some flavoring and dry not a lot . I added blueberries.,no raisins.

Reviewed on Jul. 23, 2012 by Liedora

For a savoury version I substitute 1/2 cup of sugar for grated cheese

Reviewed on Jan. 12, 2012 by emvm

Great scones and simple to make. Next I'm going to try to make them w/blueberries in lieu of the raisins

Reviewed on Oct. 23, 2011 by aulait

Best British Scones.American Scones are Wedge Shaped,Not an Authetic Scone from recipe.They also do not Raise Enough.

Reviewed on Oct. 20, 2011 by lysianne

This recipe was a hit, everyone loved it!

Reviewed on May. 19, 2011 by 11lovetobake11

Delicious scones. We have made date with almond glaze, blueberry with lemon glaze, white chocolate chip with dried cranberries. Very good and friends really like them too.