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Kimberly P.
October 9, 2019
I made scones for the first time. They were more of a biscuit scone cross, I think. Not sure if I'll call them biscones or sconuits. But after reading this article, I'm excited to make more with new and fun ingredients. I didn't have a rolling pin so I just kind of flattened them by hand, in a quasi circular shape. I then put some different stuff in the middle (handful of chocolate chips in one, blueberries in another, dried cranberries in a few, etc.) Then I folded the quasi circle over into a sort of lopsided triangle shape. Anyway, they turned out pretty good for my first time and I'll definitely do it again the same way.
Cheryl
April 5, 2018
Just found this site. Gotta say, shape surely doesn't matter. And like biscuits,
there are many versions. I watched a relative by marriage make scones often,
loving them. She was fully Scotch, and baked them on top of the stove in a
cast iron pan. I believe that had much to do with the taste I loved. I know the
ingredients but guess the amounts and only once did they taste just like hers.
These are my camping bread/biscuit and treats at home. Triangles, split and
served with marmalade her preference or any other sweet. She was old school,
born in the 1800s.
there are many versions. I watched a relative by marriage make scones often,
loving them. She was fully Scotch, and baked them on top of the stove in a
cast iron pan. I believe that had much to do with the taste I loved. I know the
ingredients but guess the amounts and only once did they taste just like hers.
These are my camping bread/biscuit and treats at home. Triangles, split and
served with marmalade her preference or any other sweet. She was old school,
born in the 1800s.
Victoria S.
February 2, 2018
@Donna: Well, I'm a Brit & therefore biased in favor* of the round scones I grew up eating in England!
* a bilingual Brit
* a bilingual Brit
Donna
February 2, 2018
Scones may generally be round in the UK but in America, the triangle rules. Just look at King Arthur's Flours selection of scone pans - not a round one in the bunch!
SueS
February 2, 2018
I use the scone recipe from a very old Farm Journal bread cookbook, that includes both winter and summer versions. Mine are round, and sometimes I use the crinkle edge cutter. I have been told they are the very best by a number of people.
Victoria S.
February 2, 2018
This very interesting article is 100% wrong in one respect: As Julia Garrick pointed out, scones are ALWAYS round. The error is so big that it really needs to be corrected in the article!
Claire I.
February 2, 2018
Actually no. In the UK it’s certainly the commonest shape for scones but wedges cut out of a round of scone dough are far from unknown
Yvonne
February 3, 2018
I’m from the UK and my mum makes round scones but my grandma made the large round cut into triangles!
Julia G.
January 28, 2018
In the UK scones are almost ALWAYS cut in circles and often with a crinkle edge cutter. Triangles are not used for scones at all.
Lorna J.
February 3, 2018
Julia, they're not. Scones *often* come in a triangle cut from a large circle.
Mass produced scones are generally round. Simply because of production costs.
I make my own. I make them both ways.
The big circle is best: the less the dough is handled, the lighter and fluffier and higher the cooked scone.
Triangles, generally, would be a home-cook's preference.
Oh. And I live in the UK. In Scotland.
Mass produced scones are generally round. Simply because of production costs.
I make my own. I make them both ways.
The big circle is best: the less the dough is handled, the lighter and fluffier and higher the cooked scone.
Triangles, generally, would be a home-cook's preference.
Oh. And I live in the UK. In Scotland.
Yvonne
February 3, 2018
Growing up in England I was taught to cut sweet scones with a crinkle edge and savoury with a plain cutter and the Scottish method of a big circle. Now I live in Canada I use all scone shapes including cutting with a knife into squares.
AntoniaJames
January 24, 2018
A few paper-thin slices of country ham -- what we called "Smithfield ham" growing up in the great Commonwealth of Virginia -- on a biscuit, yes, please. ;o)
Kt4
March 30, 2018
This now has me considering making a scone with boots of ham & Brie mixed in, made in the big round then triangle cut so I don't over-handle the dough. After baking, split & top with butter & cranberry! Hmmm......
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