Marci’s Saturday Scones

My friend Marci has the best, most reliable recipe for scones. There is a scandalous amount of baking powder here and you need all of it. Posted with the permission of Marci Geisler.

Ingredients

• 300g | 2-1/2 cups all purpose flour

• 34g | 2 tbsp granulated sugar

• 21g | 1-1/2 tbsp baking powder

• 3G | 1 tsp salt

• 160g | 3/4 cup cold butter

• 8oz | 200ml | 3/4 cup cold milk

• 1 egg for egg wash

Optional add-ins:

• 100g | 1 cup shredded cheese

• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions or chives

Method

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in medium bowl.

Using a cheese grater, grate the butter into the bowl.

Break up the butter with your hands until it's fairly uniform with pea-sized butter pieces. Add the shredded cheese and chives and stir to coat all pieces with flour.

Pour milk into the dry ingredients, reserving 1–2 tbsp. Use a fork to gently to combine, then knead gently so the large pieces clump together.

Remove the clumped pieces from the bowl, setting them on the counter. Hydrate the dry mixture at the bottom of the bowl with reserved milk.

Using your hands, pat dough into a square (the size doesn’t matter yet), divide into four equal pieces and stack all four pieces on top each other, this helps create flakey layers. Press down into a rectangle around 6x10”.

Cut the dough in half, so you have two 6x5” rectangles. Cut each in half again so you have 4 rectangles that are 3x5”. Cut those diagonally, into triangles. You should have 8 triangles. (Note: Marci prefers shaping into an 8” circle and cutting into 6–8 pieces, but I like the precise triangles. You do you.)

Place on a baking sheet. Whisk an egg and brush on top of each scone. Optionally, top with flakey salt.

Bake 20-25 mins until golden brown.

Make ahead

You can freeze the scone before baking, and bake directly from frozen. They will take around 25 minutes.

Changing the flavours

You can change the mix-ins for both sweet and savoury scones.