My daughters made these with friends, and they were SO good. The girls made a second batch leaving out the currants and zest and adding chocolate chips. I hear they were delicious. I said HEAR because they didn't last long enough for me to try one. Highly recommended.
These were delicious scones, moist and perfectly flakey. We made these scones for a tea party shower. Instead of currants we used craisins in one batch and chocolate chips in another. One batch we just left plain. Since we were having a mixture of various types I didn't want them too big so I cut each rectangle in half before I cut the triangles giving us 24 scones in each batch. The scones were plenty large enough after that cut. We also made them the weekend before, cooked them almost done (about 15 minutes for us) and then froze them. On the day of the shower we took them out of the freezer to defrost. We then cooked them for another 5-7 minutes to finish cooking and heat them up nicely.
I have a different recipe that uses cream that my family loves...but we forgot to buy some and I looked for a recipe that used something else. I chose this one. It is different than scones with cream. These ones were less dense and more of a cakey center. The outside was crisp. They were delicious. My family thought they could be a little sweeter, but that is a personal preference. Soaking the currants made them pop a bit. My other recipe didn't call for that step, but I will be doing that from now on. We will definitely be making this recipe again.
Best scones ever! Even though I had to add more milk in it. I am a nine year old girl and I made them myself so you can make them well too! BEST SCONES EVER!!!!
Perfect moist scones. I did not have currants so I used dried blueberries with pleasing results. I love lemon so I will double the lemon zest next time but these are wonderful as written. Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful recipe. I did not have currants. I used blueberries and lemon rind. To the other half of the dough I added mini chocolate chips. Bottom line the recipe of the dough is perfect. You can add other fruits or choc chips in place of the currants.
Love this recipe. I roll 1/2 of recipe into flat rectangle spread with soft butter then sugar or cinn. sugar. Cover with raisins or choc. chips. Fold 1/3 over then the other 1/3. Slice. Tuck in sides before baking. If you want to use orange marmalade tuck in 1 side & place open side up & top with tsp. orange marm. Really with mini choc chips & org marm. Don't use strawberry as it burns.
These were so awesome. I subbed an peeled chopped apple for the currants and threw in a handful of chopped pecans. Yum! Update: I've made this three times since my first time. Awesome every time. I personally think that they need to be cooked for 21 minutes in the oven but that may just be me. I've just about got the recipe memorized now!
I've made these a couple times with different ingredients. This recipe makes a GOOD amount of scones. I like mine a little bit sweeter so I added a 1/4 cup more sugar. Because this recipe calls for almost 5 cups of flour I think it really needs it. Also I have an aversion to buttermilk. Don't know why just always have so I used a light cream. Also I did a small drizzle of lemon juice mixed into powdered sugar for a really light glaze. Kicked this recipe up another 10 points.
