Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Recipe for:

BLUEBERRY SCONES

Ingredients:
4 cups flour
7 Tbsp sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Additional sugar for topping
2/3 cup butter1 large egg1
1/2 cups half & half1
1/2 cups fresh or unthawed frozen blueberries

Instructions:Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease two large baking sheets. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cream of tartar. With pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Separate egg, placing egg white in cup, and yolk in a small bowl. With fork, beat egg yolk; stir in half & half. Add yolk mixture to dry ingredients and mix lightly with fork until mixture clings together and forms a soft dough. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface, and knead gently several times. Gently knead in blueberries. Divide dough in half; pat out each half into an 8-inch round, and cut each into 8 wedges. Place scones on greased sheet. Pierce tops with a fork. Brush with reserved egg white and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 15-18 inches (okay, try minutes) or until golden brown.

I made these yummy scones for Sat. morning brunch. David just raved about them. I think he ate 5, so they must have been good! But then, he is crazy about blueberries! I have a feeling I'll be making these again, upon request - and soon.
I was really impressed with how well they turned out. I am going to stash this recipe away to my " serve-at-the-future-bed-and-breakfast-that-we-are-going-to -have-once-our-kids-grow-up" file...

4 comments:

Leslie said...

These just look beautiful....
I am so making these. Thanks lady.

Andi Mae said...

We went berry picking today and this is going to be the first thing that I make with our berries!
Andi
P.S. Is the recipe supposed to be bake for 15-18 minutes? 15-18 inches seems really big... :)

Chelle said...

whoopsy! ummm, my mistake!

Islandsparrow said...

mmmm!! Our blueberry season is just starting so I will be sure to try these.

Thank you for dropping by my blog- I am delighted to discover this blog. I love to try new recipes. Thank you!!