Easy Red Currant Scones (Your New Favorite Tea-Time Recipe)
Looking for a unique scone recipe? Try these red currant scones! They're easy to make, delightfully tangy, and absolutely delicious.
Ingredients
For Redcurrant Scones
- 3 cups – organic all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp. – baking powder
- 1 tsp. – baking soda
- ¼ tsp. – sea salt
- 8 oz. – unsalted butter
- 2 large – eggs
- ¾ cup – organic sugar
- 2 tsp. – organic pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups – homegrown redcurrant
- 2 tbsp. - confection sugare (for dusting scones)
Instructions
How to Make Scones Batter
- To start, you'll need to prepare your red currants. Pick them off their stems, give them a good rinse under cool water, then pat them dry using a paper towel. Once dry, set them aside for use later on.
- Next, preheat your oven to a temperature of around 350 ℉. In a large bowl, combine your dry ingredients which include flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir these together using a hand whisk until they're well combined.
- Now, add cubed cold butter to your dry mixture. Use a pastry dough cutter to crumble the butter into the mixture. This should create a coarse, crumbly texture.
- Once you're done, cover the bowl with a lid or food plastic wrap and place it in the fridge. This will help make sure that the butter doesn’t melt or soften, which is crucial for the final texture of your scones.
- In a separate medium bowl, beat together eggs and sugar using a hand mixer. You're looking for a foamy, light, and fluffy texture. Once achieved, reduce your mixer speed to low and add pure vanilla extract, mixing for another half a minute.
- Now, combine this egg mixture with your crumbled flour. Add in your prepared red currants and fold everything together using a silicone spatula.
How to Shape and Cut Scones
- Transfer your scone mixture onto a lightly floured work surface. Split the dough into two portions, then gently press and roll each portion together using your hands.
- Remember, you don't want to knead the dough, just bring it together. If the dough is a bit sticky, feel free to sprinkle a little extra flour. Flatten each ball into a disk using your hands.
- To create the traditional scone shape, use a dough cutter to slice each disk into equal-sized wedges.
How to Bake Red Currant Scones
- Using a cake spatula, carefully transfer each scone onto a baking pan (around a size of 15 x 21) lined with parchment paper.
- Bake your scones in your preheated oven to ℉ for about 25 minutes. Once done, remove them from the oven and let them cool for roughly five minutes.
- Transfer your scones onto a cooling rack, dust them with a touch of powdered sugar, and serve while still warm - that's when they taste the best!
- Enjoy these delightful red currant scones!
Notes
Fresh redcurrant is hard to find sometimes so can substitute it with cranberries that have similar tartness.