Basic Buttermilk Scones

Ingredients

If you want to bake scones, you'll have to make a bit of an adjustment, as I mentioned earlier. This is because the dough is quite crumbly and irregular, so you might almost think you've done something wrong. But you haven't!

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Rub the cold butter into the flour in very fine flakes with your fingers. Once the buttermilk is added to the dough, the ingredients should really just be mixed in with a spoon. Do not knead anymore! Purely visually, such easy scones also look a bit like a baking accident 😉 . Among their most important features are 1. baking powder and 2. their imperfection. Sounds much better right away, doesn't it?

How to make the Buttermilk Scones

Let's start. Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C and cover a baking sheet with baking paper. Put the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a bowl. Add the cold butter in fine flakes and rub with your fingers the dry ingredients – similar to crumbles. Note: be careful because the mixture is very dry.

Gradually add the buttermilk and mix all the ingredients with a spoon. If necessary, work or knead briefly with your hands at the end. Then, add 1-2 tablespoons of buttermilk if the dough is extremely dry. However, it is normal that the dough is comparatively crumbly and "uneven". Then, roll out the dough on a baking mat until very thick (about 3-4 inches). Cut out about ten circles with a large floured cookie cutter or glass. After that, only press the cookie cutter; do not twist. Space scones apart on the baking sheet. Brush with a bit of milk and bake for 10-13 minutes, depending on size, until golden brown. Enjoy your buttermilk scones.

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You can also slightly modify the buttermilk scones using more liquid whole milk yogurt.

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Buttermilk Scones

These easy buttermilk scones are the perfect foundation for tea time or weekend breakfasts. They taste the very best when freshly baked!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Baking Time10 minutes mins

Servings: 10 pieces

Calories: 152kcal

Ingredients

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• 250 gram (2 cups) all-purpose flour
• ½ small bag baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon (⅓ teaspoon) salt
• 40 grams (3 ⅓ tablespoons) sugar, more or less according to taste
• 50 grams (3 ⅔ tablespoons) butter, cold and in flakes
• 150 milliliters (10 tablespoons) buttermilk
• milk, for spreading

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C. Cover a baking sheet with baking paper. Put the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a bowl. Add the cold butter in fine flakes and rub with your fingers the dry ingredients (similar to crumbles; be careful: the mixture is very dry).
• Gradually add the buttermilk and mix all the ingredients with a spoon. If necessary, work or knead briefly with your hands at the end. If necessary, add 1-2 tablespoons of buttermilk if the dough is extremely dry. However, it is normal that the dough is comparatively crumbly and "uneven".
• Roll out the dough on a baking mat until very thick (about 3-4 inches). Cut out about 10 circles with a large floured cookie cutter or glass. Only press the cookie cutter when doing this, do not twist. Space scones apart on the baking sheet. Brush with a bit of milk. Bake for 10-13 minutes, depending on size, until golden brown.

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

Variations

Some buttermilk scones recipes contain three times as much butter or fat as mine. For me, however, this goes more in the direction of cookies. For allergy sufferers not unimportant: I have made the scones without egg, both the dough and the "glaze". If you don't have to watch out for that, you can brush them with beaten egg yolk instead of milk before baking.