Best Buttermilk And Sour Cherry Scones For Afternoon Tea And Picnics Recipes

BUTTERMILK AND SOUR CHERRY SCONES FOR AFTERNOON TEA AND PICNICS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 C/190 C fan/Gas Mark 5. Dust a baking sheet with flour.
• Sieve together the flour, salt, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. Mix together the buttermilk and milk. Make a well in the centre and pour on the buttermilk mixture. Mix well until the dough is even, and stir in the sour cherries.
• To shape for cooking, set the dough on a floured surface and turn around in your hands, until you have a neat round shape. Use a floured knife to score the surface into 4 or 6 sections.
• Transfer to the floured baking sheet and bake for 20 - 25 minutes. Set aside on a rack to cool. Best eaten straight away, but can be stored for up to 3 days in an airtight container.

IRISH DRIED CHERRY BUTTERMILK SCONES

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together 1/2 cup of the buttermilk, the egg, the brown sugar, and the vanilla until the mixture is combined well.
• In another bowl stir together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt and blend in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Stir in the cherries and the buttermilk mixture with a fork until the mixture just forms a sticky but manageable dough.
• Knead the dough gently for 30 seconds on a lightly floured surface, pat it into a 3/4-inch-thick round, and cut it into 8 wedges. On an ungreased baking sheet brush the wedges with the remaining 1/4 cup buttermilk and sprinkle them with the granulated sugar.
• Bake the scones in the middle of a preheated 400°F oven for 15 to 18 minutes, or until they are golden.

GLACE CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 425f 220c.
• Sift flour into a bowl.
• Rub butter into flour.
• Mix in sugar and salt and cherrys.
• Add milk a little at a time and mix with a knife.
• Make sure you don't over mix or your scones will be hard.
• when your mix is ready it should be moist and not too dry turn out dough on floured surface and roll out to 2cm thick, I don't use a rolling pin I just shape with my hands and use a 4cm pastry cutter.
• Place the scones on a greased baking sheet.
• brush with a little milk.
• Bake in oven for 12-15 mins untill med brown.
• Enjoy with a nice cup of tea.