English Royalty Scones
"I don't remember where I got this recipe, but I love these. I was on a real tea and scones kick for awhile. What a lovely way to spend the afternoon! I can make some huge boo boos baking but these guys have never failed me."
photo by Debber
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cubed
- 1⁄2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (see note)
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- With a pastry blender or a large fork, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in the chocolate chips (or whatever you choose).
- Mix in the orange juice to form a dough. Turn out the dough on a floured surface. Pat or roll into a 9" circle about 1/2" thick.
- With a 2 1/2" fluted biscuit cutter, cut out 12 scones, pushing the scraps together for the last few.
- Transfer the scones to the baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes. Cool on racks.
- Note: I have used white chocolate chips and dried cranberries and I prefer either or both to milk chocolate in these.
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Reviews
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I made these and was very pleased with their results. I love scones, but they can be so heavy, and these were just right. I ended up adding about 5 tsp orange juice to hold these together, but they still tasted great and not overly orange tasting. I cut mine into 12 triangles rather than circles. -
These were so good! I've made scones for years now, and it never occurred to me to put orange juice in (I use milk, cream or half-n-half)...so this was a nice change. HOWEVER, I ended up adding an egg, as it was not going to hold together with just 3 T of orange juice. Still, the troops were raving about the wonderful goodness!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Yia Yia
Oregon City, Oregon
I live with my husband of 34 years in Oregon. We have 3 great kids and 4 beautiful grandchildren, 6 year old triplets and a soon to be 2 year old. Our daughter lives in Athens, Greece with her husband and our youngest, a son, just got married last summer. My stepson and his wife are the parents of our grandchildren and live about an hour away. Our family is growing and it's always fun to have them all together! I love to travel. I have just returned from a trip to Vietnam and have visited our daughter in Greece several times. During my travels I always enjoy the local food and have fun trying to re-create it at home. To pay the bills, I've been a hairstylist for 40 years and I still love it. I knit, sew, read and I'm just beginning to become interested in quilting,digital scrapbooking and geneology.
