Sneha's Recipe: Scones

While baking these scones there spread a beautiful aroma in the house and I got so excited while these were baking. When I took a bite, the aroma of onion spread in my mouth! Super tasty! There is a slight sweetness in these scones. This was easy to make and a perfect accompaintment to soup.

Do try this you will definitely make it again and again they are that good and easy to make!
This recipe uses cake flour, I have made my own cake flour.
To Make Homemade Cake flour
190 Grams All Purpose Flour + 10 Grams Corn Flour
Mix both well togather and your cake flour is ready.

Makes about 12 scones
Ingredients
200 Grams Homemade Cake flour
8 Grams Baking powder
10 Grams Cane Sugar Or Granulated Sugar　
⅛ Teaspoon Salt
50 Grams Cold Unsalted Butter -
60 Grams White Onion - finely chopped
1 Teaspoon Olive Oil
10 Grams Parsley or Coriander leaves- finely chopped
40 Grams Pizza Cheese
1 Egg
60 Grams Milk (+more for brush the top～1Teaspoon)
Method

Preheat the oven to 392 °F/200℃ with both elements on.
Cut the butter into 1cm cubes and cool it in the refrigerator.
Chop onion and add Olive oil mix well. Microwave for a minute. Cool it in the fridge.
Beat the egg well.
Combine the dry ingredients and mix together with a whisk. Add the butter, using fingertips, until the mixture resembles coarse meal Do not over mix. Add onion, parsley, pizza cheese and mix. Add beaten egg, soy milk or milk and mix. Do not over mix or knead.

Using your palm or a bench scrapper , flatten the dough to thick sqaure and keep folding the dough on top of each other for 4 times like a laminated dough by lightly flouring your work surface.

Then again flatten to a square ie. 2.5cm thick/ 1" inch thick. Cut to 4 pieces. Cut each piece into 3 squares i.e is you will get total 12 pieces. Place scones on the tray. Brush the tops of the scones with milk.

Bake for 20 to 22 minutes in a preheated the oven at 200°C or until well risen and golden-brown.

Break top it with cream cheese then marmalade. Enjoy them warm or with a bowl of soup.

Labels: Biscuits & Cookies, Savory, Scones, Baked, Bread Bakers, Onion, Parsley, Cheese, International Cuisine

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We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.
This month’s theme is Scones.

Filled Ginger Scones from A Messy Kitchen
Fresh Peach Scones from The Wimpy Vegetarian
Gingerbread Scones from Karen's Kitchen Stories
Irish Scones from Cook with Renu
Onion Cheese Scones from Sneha's Recipe
Preserved Lemon Scones from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Tattie Scones from Food Lust People Love

This is a perfect scone with a crusty top and bottom, when you split it in half it's soft ,flaky and moist.

Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
2 Cups Level Self Rising Flour
A Pinch Baking Powder
A Pinch of Salt
2 Tablespoons Heaped Caster Sugar
Wet Ingredients
90 Grams Chilled Butter
20 Grams Chilled Vegetable Shortening
½ -¾ Cup Lemonade
1 Small Egg
Method

Sieve the dry ingredients, break the chilled butter and shortening with a pastry blender till forms bread crumbs.

Now add the egg mix lightly , add the lemonade little at a time. Mix to make a dough, do not knead it.

Take the dough on to large piece of cling wrap on a surface and lightly press it with a press it with the bench scraper and keep folding the dough 3 -4 times like a laminated dough.