Food
Shearer Hill Farm B&B Scones
By Yankee Magazine|Apr 21 2002|
Yield:
16 scones
Ingredients
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup dried fruit (e.g., cherries, cranberries, apricots)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Mix dry ingredients. Add fruit, then vanilla and heavy cream. Mix until moist. Divide dough in half. On a greased cookie sheet, flatten into 2 circles of about 1-inch thickness.
Cut dough with knife into 8 pieces per circle. Pull wedges apart. Bake 15 minutes. Recut and serve.
These scones are melt-in-your-mouth delicious. It is a simple recipe that doesn’t take a lot of time to prepare and bake. My husband said”Keep that recipe!”
This is my go-to scone recipe. I have made them for baby showers to mercy meals. Everyone raves!!