A Gross of Scones - Day 2: FAIL
Aug. 24th, 2010 07:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patinagle16Cooking is always an adventure.
I made the scones the old way today - cutting butter into the dry stuff. It was kind of soothing, actually. I may like this better than the frozen butter.
I even remembered to add the currants. Put them in before adding the cream, which worked well.
BUT...
The dough was way too wet. I checked the recipe and saw that it called for 1/3 cup butter. I had added a whole stick (1/2 c). Ack! I threw in more flour - a lot more flour, but it still wasn't enough. When I baked up the scraps they spread all over the place:
They tasted fine, but these are not proper scones. Proper scones stand at attention. I can't in good conscience bring these to tea, so I'll have to try again.
My misfortune is my music group's good fortune. I'll bake these up and take them to rehearsal.
Meanwhile...the scone count stands at 36.
Onward.
I made the scones the old way today - cutting butter into the dry stuff. It was kind of soothing, actually. I may like this better than the frozen butter.
I even remembered to add the currants. Put them in before adding the cream, which worked well.
BUT...
The dough was way too wet. I checked the recipe and saw that it called for 1/3 cup butter. I had added a whole stick (1/2 c). Ack! I threw in more flour - a lot more flour, but it still wasn't enough. When I baked up the scraps they spread all over the place:
They tasted fine, but these are not proper scones. Proper scones stand at attention. I can't in good conscience bring these to tea, so I'll have to try again.My misfortune is my music group's good fortune. I'll bake these up and take them to rehearsal.
Meanwhile...the scone count stands at 36.
Onward.
