# British style scone recipe needed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724 "2012-12-31T23:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/1 "2012-12-31T23:22:54Z")
Hi all! I’m looking for a good recipe for a British-style scone. I find typical American scones dry, dense and crumbly. But British scones are creamy, tender and light. Any good recipes? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/2 "2013-01-01T03:33:24Z")
No help at all? Maybe tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/3 "2013-01-01T03:37:55Z")
Maybe when the UK wakes up, and a new year begins! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/4 "2013-01-01T03:42:07Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Maybe when the UK wakes up, and a new year begins! Yup! I was hoping some of our local cooking mavens might a recipe, but I’m willing to wait for the UK folks. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/5 "2013-01-01T03:53:41Z")
Ours are all drinking; theirs are all sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/6 "2013-01-01T04:29:15Z")
I came across this a while ago. I’m not a baker so I haven’t made them, but the reports I’ve read are that her scones are marvelous. One video: [Jackie's Scones - YouTube](http://youtu.be/4A6UR_ckexc) One blog with quantities: [humanbeans.net](http://whatscookinggrandma.humanbeans.net/card/9) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/7 "2013-01-01T04:39:45Z")
Regardless of how you make them, please, please, please pronounce them as scone (to rhyme with gone) instead of scone (to rhyme with stone). Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/8 "2013-01-01T04:51:45Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Regardless of how you make them, please, please, please pronounce them as scone (to rhyme with gone) instead of scone (to rhyme with stone). > > Thank you. I do. Trust me, I do. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/9 "2013-01-01T05:10:21Z")
The best scones are tattie scones. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/10 "2013-01-01T05:12:23Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The best scones are tattie scones. I don’t know those… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/11 "2013-01-01T05:54:08Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I don’t know those… You do [now.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_scone) Wonderful, delicious treats with butter. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/12 "2013-01-01T05:56:24Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > You do [now.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_scone) Wonderful, delicious treats with butter. Those sound simply amazing. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/13 "2013-01-01T06:00:19Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Those sound simply amazing. Yum. I’m telling you, tattie scones are ambrosia man. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/14 "2013-01-01T06:12:13Z")
I am not British, but I have eaten scones all over the UK. I have used this recipe and liked it. > **[World's Best Scones! From Scotland to the Savoy to the U.S.](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/85629/worlds-best-scones-from-scotland-to-the-savoy-to-the-us/)** > > This is the best scone recipe! The addition of sour cream gives these a tender crumb. Serve them with clotted cream, butter, and a selection of jams. BTW, I have always heard scone to rhyme with stone. Am I being whooshed or are you Canadians just weird? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/15 "2013-01-01T06:19:55Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > I am not British, but I have eaten scones all over the UK. I have used this recipe and liked it. > > [World's Best Scones! From Scotland to the Savoy to the U.S. Recipe](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/worlds-best-scones-from-scotland-to-the-savoy-to-the-us/) > > BTW, I have always heard scone to rhyme with stone. Am I being whooshed or are you Canadians just weird? It’s a Scottish dish and it rhymes with “gone.” Listen to [this guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RIiR3zBERg). It kills me when I hear it pronounced to rhyme with stone. Bloody Americans! ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/16 "2013-01-01T11:14:25Z")
Basic scone recipe: 8 oz self-raising flour 1/2 tsp salt 3 tbsp skim milk powder (optional) 4 tsp butter 1 cup milk Heat oven to 425. Grease a baking tray. Sift together dry ingredients. Lightly rub butter into flour. Mix to a soft dough with milk. The less the dough is handled, the lighter the scones will be. Flatten the dough out to about 1/2", using the heel of your hand. Cut out circles. Place scones touching each other on tray, glaze as desired. Bake 8-10 min. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/17 "2013-01-01T14:11:45Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s a Scottish dish and it rhymes with “gone.” Listen to [this guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RIiR3zBERg). It kills me when I hear it pronounced to rhyme with stone. Bloody Americans! Hey, hey, hey! I do it right! Anyway what passes for scones here don’t resemble the marvelousness that are scones from accord the sea. It’s ok if they’re called by a different name! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dublin11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dublin11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dublin11)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/18 "2013-01-01T15:00:40Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s a Scottish dish and it rhymes with “gone.” Listen to [this guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RIiR3zBERg). It kills me when I hear it pronounced to rhyme with stone. Bloody Americans! You can’t solely blame the Americans for that, though. Scone as one and scone as stone exist in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, too. Both versions in all places. And everyone insists their way is the right way and the other lot are saying it wrong. 😃 As for a recipe? Delia Smith knows all, so if it was me, I’d look at her recipe online as a starting point. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/19 "2013-01-01T16:19:21Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Regardless of how you make them, please, please, please pronounce them as scone (to rhyme with gone) instead of scone (to rhyme with stone). > > Thank you. Nah. It’s “scone” to rhyme with “stone.” I don’t speak Scottish English. If I said “scone” to rhyme with “gone” in my dialect, I’d come off as a pretentious douche or people would have no idea what I’m talking about. (And I lived in Scotland for a few months and worked in a kitchen where scones were part of the daily morning tea/elevenses for us kitchen staff, so I am familiar with the “correct” pronunciation.) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724/20 "2013-01-01T16:46:19Z")
Well, I’m off to bake later. I’m making a nice tea for later today and I wanted good, soft, creamy scones. I’ll report back, but I’ll look at any new recipes! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-scone-recipe-needed/645724.md?page=2)