Plain Jane Scones
Sometimes you just need to make plain scones. No berries or pumpkin or whatever, just plain old scones so you can put some delicious homemade jam on them and let the jam sort of be the star of the show (or devonshire cream of course – yummo!)
These were delicious.
So was the jam.
And so was the Devonshire cream (obviously). Its no clotted cream which is my absolute favorite but it’s a very close second and here in the states, unless you have a dairy cow or a friend with one or you are willing to spent a ton of money, you won’t be getting real clotted cream.
I have dairy goats and they simply don’t produce enough cream to make anything like clotted cream so I still have a to buy some of cream products. So I usually just stick with making Devonshire cream. All it is, is a bit of cream cheese, whipped cream and sugar.
Delish.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream, divided
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 large egg
FOR THE DEVONSHIRE CREAM - ⅓ cup soft cream cheese
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- In a medium size mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
- Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until the mixture is slightly crumbly.
- In a medium bowl whisk together two tablespoons heavy cream, sour cream and egg. Dump the dry ingredients in the mix with a fork until just barely combined.
- Turn out on a lightly floured surface and knead a couple times to bind the dough.
- Shape into a rectangle and cut into four squares and then cut each square in half to form a triangle.
- Place on a baking sheet and brush a little more heavy cream on top and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
- Bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- To make the cream, combine the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk until the cream cheese and sugar are smooth and combined.
- Slowly drizzle the cream in with the mixer running and beat to stiff peaks.
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