Best English Toffee Scones Recipes

ENGLISH SCONES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and baking powder. Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in raisins. Beat milk and egg; add to dry ingredients, stirring lightly. , Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll to 1-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Bake at 425° until golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

IRISH CREAM TOFFEE SCONES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
• 2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cream of tartar; cut in butter until crumbly.
• 3. In a separate bowl, whisk together egg yolk and creamer; stir into dry ingredients JUST UNTIL MOISTENED! Do NOT over stir!
• 4. Fold in toffee bits.
• 5. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead 10 times. Divide dough in half; pat each portion into a 7 inch circle and cut into 8 wedges per circle. Separate edges and place on prepared pans.
• 6. Brush each scone lightly with egg white. you make sprinkle with decorative sugar crystals if desired.
• 7. Bake in prepared oven for about 15 minutes. Serve warm. May drizzle with melted caramel, chocolate or frosting although not necessary as these are delicious plain!
• 8. ****each scone has about 346 calories

ENGLISH TOFFEE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F degrees.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and baking powder.
• Cut in butter.
• Add buttermilk, egg, and vanilla.
• Mix in toffee chips.
• With floured hands, form dough into a ball and spread it out into an 8-inch diameter circle onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Cut into wedges.
• Sprinkle excess flour, toffee chip mixture with a tablespoon or so of brown sugar onto the top.
• Bake for about 15 minutes.

STICKY TOFFEE SCONES

Steps:

• Sift the flour, sugar and baking powder together in a bowl.
• rub in the butter and then mix in th egg.
• pour in the milk and mix to form a dough.
• place the dates, bicarb of soda and water in a saucepan.
• over a low heat, cook gently until the dates soften and break down. Cool.
• Preheat the oven to 200C 400°F.
• fold the gooey dates into the scone dough.
• roll the dough out onto a floured board to 1 inch thickness and cut with round cutter.
• place round onto baking sheet and place in oven. bake for 10 minutes.

NOT-YOUR-COFFEE-SHOP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Butter or line 2 rimmed baking sheets.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another large bowl, beat together the buttermilk, egg, and sugar.
• Stir two thirds of the flour mixture into the buttermilk mixture. Gradually add the melted butter, incorporating it thoroughly into the mixture. Stir in the remaining flour mixture and the currants. The dough should be slightly stiff. Add a little more flour if needed.
• Turn the dough out onto a clean, well-floured surface and gently knead for under a minute. (Overkneading the dough will make it tough.) Separate the dough into 3 equal parts. Shape each part into a thick 5-inch circle. With a sharp knife, cut the circles into quarters. Arrange the wedges on the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about an inch apart. Brush with some melted butter and generously sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly browned on top. Serve warm or at room temperature.

PERFECT SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt into a large bowl. Cut in butter using a pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mixing lightly with your fingers, add heavy cream just until dough holds together. Wrap in plastic and chill about 1/2 hour before rolling out.
• Butter a large baking sheet; set aside. Roll dough into a circle, 1/2 inch thick for small scones and 3/4 inch thick for larger ones. Using a biscuit or cookie cutter, cut dough into various shapes. Transfer scones to prepared baking sheet.
• Combine egg and light cream in a small bowl; brush tops of scones with mixture. Bake until golden brown and puffed, 13 to 15 minutes. Serve warm.

CHOCOLATE CHIP-TOFFEE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly butter 2 heavy large baking sheets. Combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Stir in chocolate chips, nuts and toffee bits. Beat cream in another large bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold whipped cream into dry ingredients. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. Knead gently until soft dough forms. about 2 minutes. Form dough into ball; pat out to form 1 1/4-inch-thick round. Cut dough into 12 wedges.
• Transfer wedges to prepared baking sheets, spacing apart. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with additional sugar. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Serve warm.