Monday, August 20, 2012

Currant Scones ~ Sarabeth's Bakery


So easy to blend with a pastry cutter
Even though I love high tea, drink my tea British-style, and have eaten my share of Currant Scones, I've never made them before.  I don't know what I was waiting for!  I had come to think of them as specialty bakery items that were hard to find.  Well, Sarabeth's recipe is so easy that I'm sure to make them again, and again. 

I highly recommend her cookbook, Sarabeth's Bakery: From My Hands to Yours.  Her instructions are clear, and everything I've made has turned out great - check it out: Margaret's Espresso Cake; Sarabeth's Blueberry Crumb Muffins; and Sarabeth's Mini Ruby Cakes - which I've made full-size as well.
Beautiful pastry dough
All you need to top these off is some of Sarabeth's Preserves, or Lemon Curd, and Clotted Cream.  Enjoy with a cup of your favorite tea!












These Scones are so flaky & bake up so high - they're just perfect.  Thus ends my quest for specialty stores in SoCal - well, for Scones, anyway...

Cheers!


Studded with Currants & ready for the oven after a quick brushing with egg wash
Posted by at 7:19 PM

9 comments:

  1. I love scones, these look absolutely delicious!

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  2. I´m a scone lover and they´re one of my favorite things for afternoon tea. I´m glad you finally made your own! The reason I didn´t buy this book on my last trip to DC was because it was so big and heavy!

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  3. Susan, these are some of the prettiest (and tallest) scones I ever seen! Wish we could sip a cup of tea together! Can you buy clotted cream? I've never seen it here in the States.

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  4. Gorgeous rise!!! I need to find my cookbook ASAP :)

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  5. These look wonderful. I love currants, this sounds like a great recipe!

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  6. PS...I thought The Tiger's Wife was better than I expected (low expectations after reading the Amazon reviews!). I wouldn't say I loved it, but I think it will elicit good discussion. I'm going to check out your recommendation~

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  7. Susan, These look absolutely gorgeous! I love how high they rose…believe it or not that's a cookbook I don’t own! Hmmmm!

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  8. I like everything that Sarabeth makes but have only been to her Kitchen once --- long ago. So, I just know her cookbook has to be done well. If the currant scones tasted as well as they looked in the photographs, it was a nice, nice treat. My favorite photograph is of your cutting out the scones from the dough. I am just 13 pages in to reading about Ataturk and friends, "Istanbul Passage". Wondering if John liked it.

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