Simple Scones and Breakfast

Sour cream makes everything better. So much better. Mmm.

The boyfriend recently had the luxury of going to work late - so I made breakfast as quickly as I could. Freshly baked scones and scrambled eggs. 

I saw this scone recipe on AllRecipes a long time back, but never really had sour cream lying around to give it a shot. That morning I did, and voila! It is by far, the best scones I've made and tried. 

Go ahead. Give it a shot. All it takes is 45 minutes - tops.

Simple Scones

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 8 scones

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen

1/2 cup raisins (or dried currants)

1/2 cup sour cream

1 large egg

Directions

1.     Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2.     In a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour mixture on the large holes of a box grater; use your fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse meal), then stir in raisins.

3.     In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth.

4.     Using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Use your hands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. (The dough will be sticky in places, and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as you press, the dough will come together.)

5.     Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7- to 8-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp. of sugar. Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles; place on a cookie sheet (preferably lined with parchment paper), about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature.

Edit/: I tried the same scone recipe with dried apricots. It's a lot sweeter and quite yummy too!