Simply Scones

Nothing says 'good morning' like piping hot dough and a caffeinated beverage.  So unless one is prepared to fry up some fresh doughnuts for some coffee - never the simple task, first thing in the morning - an easy fifteen minutes can be employed making scones for tea.


Makes six.  Requires:

1 cup flour
1 tbs sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
2 tbs butter
1/4+ cup of milk

Preheat yon oven to 425 and add the dry ingredients to a mix bowl.  Drop in the butter and begin pinching it off into the flour, working the butter eventually down to crumbly floury near-homogeny.  Crisco off a baking pan and add the milk to the mixing bowl; knead out to between 3/4-1 inch thickness and tear or cut into six pieces (or make one mega-scone in an effort to impress your neighbors/scare their children/offend the English) and place on the pan.  Before inserting into the oven, dab a little milk onto the scones for color and then place into the oven and time for ten minutes.  Now put your kettle on; all told, you should have a perfect cup o' tea and some fresh scones shortly.  A little bit of butter and/or jam/preserves should top them off nicely.

Also, consider adding dried fruit or honey to the mix; shake things up a bit, eh!