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Scones: Urban Peasant Scones

Source of Recipe

James Barber


Recipe Introduction

These scones are considerably different from butter scones and may be more familiar to those used to British scones. The recipe is from James Barber's cooking show, The Urban Peasant. They're really quick to make and quite tasty. Mix two cups of flour, one teaspoon salt, one tablespoon baking powder, one tablespoon baking soda, and one tablespoon sugar in a bowl.

Moisten into a dough with about a cup of plain yoghurt. Roll out on a floured board to about a quarter inch in thickness, cut in to circles, and bake at 425F until lightly browned on top (just a few minutes).

I use a drinking glass to cut them out, and also like to add a couple handfuls of raisins before adding the yogurt.

The recipe makes somewhere around a dozen depending on how thin you roll them and how big your cutter is.