Anglophilia: blueberry scones and Beefeater

Judge all you want for buying into the hype, but what better excuse for homemade scones than the royal nuptials?

 

 Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1/3 cup white sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/8 teaspoon 

1 large egg

6 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup milk or cream (I used 1%)

1 cup blueberries (or chocolate chips or whatever your little heart desires)

extra milk & sugar for dusting

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (side note: when I lived in Korea I was briefly miffed that my oven only went up to 250 degrees Fahrenheit... I later realized that it was [obviously] in degrees Celsius)

-Whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt

-Cut butter into small pieces and cut into the dry ingredients using two knives (or a pasty blender) until mixture looks like crumbs. This part is a pain in the butt.

-Fold in blueberries (or chocolate chips or... whatever)

-In a cup, lightly beat egg and then combine vanilla and milk.

-Add liquid to the dry ingredients, stir until the dough comes together. *Don't go crazy on this step- if you over mix the dough, the scones will be tough* Oh, the science of baking!

-Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead about 5 times.

-Pat the dough... I made mini scones, so I made a circle about 10ish inches in diameter and an inch thick, but if you want to make large scones, go with about 7 inches and 1.5 inches thick

-Cut into triangles of desired size

-Transfer to a lightly greased baking sheet

-Brush tops of scones with milk, sprinkle sugar

-Bake 18-22 minutes until lightly browned

Enjoy with Prince of Wales Tea or a morning mimosa and a fabulous hat.

Or a Beefeater cocktail. We won't judge. 

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