Cream Scones

One of my absolute favorite breakfast food is scones, especially warm scones. There's just something about warm scones and coffee that leave me satisfied and ready in the morning. I've been having trouble making scones because many of the traditional recipes use butter. In these recipes, the butter has to be "cut" into the flour in order for the final product to be flaky and buttery. I can never seem to do this correctly and so my attempts have come out dense. Trust me, dense scones are something that you do not want to start your day with.

Finally, I came across this cream scones recipe that uses heavy cream instead of butter. The number of ingredients is extremely minimal, you have to only mix in the cream and the scones come out flaky and moist. What more could anyone ask for? Even if you are not a baker, these are a must try! The recipe is extremely easy and straightforward ( I know I say this a lot, but I'm serious!!). Please try it when you get a chance. You won't regret it. I adapted this recipe from a different blog. You can find the original recipe here.

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour
1/8 cup sugar
1/2 Tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup heavy cream
1 Tablespoon melted butter
1 Tablespoon sugar

That's it!!!

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.

3. Pour in the cream and stir with a fork just until combined. DO NOT over mix.
4. Transfer dough to another surface and gently knead with your hand a few times. If you don't feel comfortable kneading the dough, just fold in in half, spread it out again and then fold the dough in half a few times. If you are not working on a non-stick surface, spread a little flour on the surface you're working on. Don't add too much flour - you don't want to dry your dough. Your dough should be very soft.

5. Pat the dough into a circle. Cut it into four equal pieces.

6. Brush the scones with melted butter and sprinkle them with sugar.

7. Bake for 15-20 minutes. It's done when you press on the top and it springs back at you. The scones should be a little golden brown on top.

Enjoy it with jam, butter, whipped cream, or whatever you like. These buttery, moist, flakey scones will go with anything. I made some berry compote for the scones.*

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*The berry compote is another quick and easy recipe.

While the scones are in the oven, I placed some frozen berries in a saucepan, about half a cup. Heat up the berries until soft. Smash the berries into small pieces with a wooden spoon and add about a tablespoon (or more if you like it sweeter) of sugar.

This is what it looks like plated =)