Butterscotch Scones Recipes

BUTTERSCOTCH SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Sift all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl. Add chilled butter; using fingertips, rub in until coarse meal forms. Mix in chips. Whisk 1/2 cup cream and egg in small bowl to blend. Gradually add cream mixture to dry ingredients, tossing with fork until dough comes together in moist clumps. Add more cream by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry.
• Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls onto large rimmed baking sheet, spacing apart. Bake scones until golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BUTTERSCOTCH DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a bowl sift flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
• Add in very cold butter pieces and rub between fingers until coarse meal forms.
• In a small cup or bowl whisk together the cream and egg.
• Add to the butter/flour mixture with the baking chips and toss with a fork just until the dough comes together in moist clumps (add in more whipping cream if dough seems dry).
• Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls onto a large lightly greased baking sheet, spacing apart.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, or until the scones are golden brown.
• Best served warm.

BUTTERSCOTCH PINWHEELS (SCONES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200degC(400degF).
• Sift flour and salt together; rub butter in lightly with finger tips.
• Pour nearly all the milk in, saving a little for glazing and quickly mix to a soft dough.
• Turn onto a floured board and knead lightly and quickly.
• Roll out into a slab about 14" x 8" and less than 1/2" thick; spread thickly with butter then sprinkle with the sugar, again reasonably thick.
• Roll up into a long roll and cut into 1 1/2" or 2" slices; place close together on a baking paper lined tray; brush with milk and cook in a hot oven for about 10 minutes.