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Monday, February 23, 2015

Mean Chef's Buttermilk Scones

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, very cold and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1 cup buttermilk (or more)
  • egg yolk
  • cream
  • raw sugar

Recipe

  • 1 put dry ingredients in food processor, pulse to mix.
  • 2 add butter, pulse until butter is in pieces about the size of a hazelnut.
  • 3 dump into bowl.
  • 4 pour in buttermilk and mix with a fork until a shaggy mass forms.
  • 5 form into a disk about 1 1/2 inches high, cut disk in half and in half again.
  • 6 cut each of the 4 pieces either into thirds to get 12 or in half again to get 8.
  • 7 place on parchment lined sheet pan and freeze for 20 minutes remove from freezer, brush tops with egg yolk/cream mixture sprinkle with sugar.
  • 8 bake for about 12 minutes at 400.

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