American scones that I have typically enjoyed are triangular in shape and sweet. Usually when I meet a friend at a café I buy one. Since I’m staying home more now, though, friends are coming to visit me, and I like to offer them a goody. This recipe makes a simple, sweet scone that bakes up firm but not hard; it is soft to chew and not overly sweet, so it’s good with coffee or tea.<\/p>\n
Simple Scones<\/strong> Preheat oven to 425F. Put flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl; mix well with a spoon. Add the butter pieces and cut in with a pastry blender or rub with your fingers until the mixture looks like fine granules. (I start with a pastry blender but usually switch to fingers to really work it in.) Add sugar and mix. Mix vanilla and milk together in a measuring up. Add the milk to the bowl and stir with a fork until dough forms. Using your hands, form the dough into a ball. On a large cutting board or flat surface, pat the ball into a 6-7 inch circle. Cut the circle into 8 triangular pieces. Place the wedges on an ungreased cookie sheet, slightly apart for crisp sides, touching for soft. Sprinkle white sugar and ground cinnamon on each scone. Bake about 12-14 minutes or until light brown on top. Makes 8 scones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" American scones that I have typically enjoyed are triangular in shape and sweet. Usually when I meet a friend at a café I buy one. Since I’m staying home more now, though, friends are coming to visit me, and I like to offer them a goody. This recipe makes a simple, sweet scone that bakes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domestic-arts","category-recreation"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11526,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions\/11526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2.5 cups all-purpose flour
\n1 Tbsp. baking powder
\n1\/2 tsp. salt
\n8 Tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut up
\n1\/2 cup granulated white sugar
\n1\/2 tsp. vanilla extract
\n2\/3 cup milk (whole or 2% is best)
\nGround cinnamon<\/p>\n