Quick and Easy Breakfast Recipe, Cinnamon Twist Scones (2024)

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Can you eat scones for breakfast? ›

Scones are traditionally eaten with tea by the British. They have become a breakfast food in the USA.

Large Egg - The egg helps bind the ingredients together and increases the richness and flavour. Unsalted butter - Has to be cold to create flaky layers within the scone.

The best scones have a crisp, slightly caramelized exterior and a tender, buttery, just-sweet interior. They can be dressed up with a glaze, studded with fruit or nuts, or gently spiced.

To ensure taller scones, start with a thicker dough disc and place the scones on a tray with sides, allowing them to slightly touch one another. This arrangement encourages the scones to push against the pan and each other, promoting height.

For it turns out that scones are … fattening. A Food Standards Agency (FSA) report has found that the average scone contains 408 calories, with the best – sorry, most fattening – clocking up a remarkable 756 calories and 39.2g of sugar.

Cake flour is finer and lower in protein, which makes lighter and fluffier scones. If you don't have any on hand, a simple blend of all-purpose flour and a bit of cornstarch makes a great substitute. Simply whisk together 1¾ cups all-purpose flour and ¼ cup cornstarch.

Recipes for scones sometimes provide a make-ahead option that involves refrigerating the dough overnight so it can simply be shaped and then popped into the oven the next day. But now we've found that resting the dough overnight has another benefit: It makes for more symmetrical and attractive pastries.

The knife is a method to mix in a rough manner. If mixed thoroughly with a spoon or dough hook until smooth and well mixed, the dough will be worked too much, the components in the flour will combine too well etc and the result will be tough heavy scones, not lighter and a bit crumbly.

Butter must be COLD from the very start to when the dough enters the oven. The cold butter melts upon entering the oven and the water content in butter evaporates in steam. As the steam escapes, it bursts up and creates that beautiful tall, flaky, fluffy texture.

How do queens eat scone? ›

Well, according to Darren McGrady, a former chef who worked for the Royal Family for over 10 years, the Queen prefered jam first. He tweeted: “The Queen always had home-made Balmoral jam first with clotted cream on top at Buckingham Palace garden parties in the royal tea tent and all royal tea parties.”

The best side dishes to serve with scones are strawberry jam, lavender milk tea, cool whip fruit dip, lemon curd, raspberry jam, guacamole, whipped coffee, mochi pancakes, Greek yogurt, lavender milk tea, shakshuka, sautéed mushrooms, hot chocolate, scrambled eggs, and fresh fruit salad. Now, let's get cooking!

Why Are My Scones Flat? Expired leavening agents. Your baking powder and/or baking soda could be expired. Most scone and biscuit recipes call for quite a large amount of leavening, and if either are expired, your scones simply won't rise to beautiful heights.

Home-made scones generally last 1-2 days stored in an airtight container and placed in a kitchen cupboard or larder. Any longer and they can become a bit dry. If storing scones in the fridge they will last for about a week.

It is far better that the scone mixture is on the wet side, sticking to your fingers, as the scones will rise better. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and flatten it out with your hand, or use a rolling pin, to a thickness of 1-2 cm (1/2 – ¾ inch).

Scones are often associated with English tea and you may think they don't have a place here in America. Or you may have tried one that was dry and lacked flavor and made you think you would leave them to our friends across “the Pond”.

British scones are traditionally drier, lighter, plain in flavor, and significantly less sugary than American scones and are commonly served for breakfast or with afternoon tea as a bready snack.

It is your scone and you can eat it what ever way you want. There are no scone police, not even in Scotland. For the record, I don't put cream on my scone because cream teas aren't really a big thing here in the US. I mostly eat scones plain or with a little butter.

On a relaxing afternoon, settling down with a cup of tea and a snack often seems like a great idea. Sadly, hot buttered toast, wedges of Victoria sponge or cream-covered scones are not such a good idea if you're trying to look after your heart. But with a few tweaks, you can still treat yourself from time to time.