English Scones
The food menu for bridal shower parties can be as diverse and as dynamic as they come. But that does not mean we have to concentrate only on exotic dishes from far flung locales, for, sometimes, it is perfectly alright just to include some plain and simple treats on your bridal shower menu. One such traditional little treat happens to be that of English scones.
Ah, scones! What a wondrous British delight! Lovely for breakfast and just the thing for tea parties, Scones are perfect for bridal showers, especially if they are taking place on the other side of the pond. Whether you butter 'me up or spread strawberry or raspberry preservatives all over the scones, these little crumpets are a darling to consume! Did you know that scones are also primitive versions of cookies? Serving homemade cookies to all guests are a tradition of Christian wedding from past. Therefore, if you are planning to serve cookies to your guests in the bridal shower, you can make it your own. Here are some recipes of Scones that are the most authentic type of cookies. You can give a delectable taste and look to the bridal shower food, you are going to organize. You can make these cookies 3-4 or more days before the real bash.
Difficulty Level - Easy
Time to cook - 1 hour
Category - Non-vegetarian
Serves - 6-8
Ingredients
- All purpose flour 3 cups
- Baking powder 1 and ½ tablespoon
- Soya milk 1 tablespoon
- Sugar 6 tablespoon
- Bread flour ½ cup
- Eggs 2
- Cold butter 1 and ½ tablespoon
- Raisins 1 cup
- Salt ¾ tablespoon
- Egg yolk 1
- Beat the egg yolk with 2 tablespoon water and keep it aside
- Preheat oven 220 C
- Make small chops of cold butter
- Beat 2 eggs and keep aside
Take a large bowl and put all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, and bread flour in it. Mix these all well, and then add chopped butter in it by squeezing each piece of it. Now, add milk, eggs, and raisins in it and beat the batter until it becomes like dough without any lump of dry flour. Make small balls of the dough and then knead each ball and cut it with the help of cookie cutter. Brush butter on oven proof tray and put all these cookies in it. Now, keep the tray in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Let the English scones come down to normal temperature and then serve. You can garnish it with unsalted butter, strawberry, or any fruit jam, or cream.
Authentic Recipe of English Scones
Difficulty Level - Easy
Time to cook - 1 hour
Category - Vegetarian
Serves - 6-8
Ingredients
- All purpose flour or wheat flour 2 cups
- Cold butter 4 tablespoon
- Sugar ½ cup
- Baking powder 2 teaspoon
- Milk ½ cup
- Salt ½ teaspoon
- Preheat oven at 220 C
- Cut the cold butter in small pieces
Take a large bowl and put wheat flour, baking powder, and salt in it and mix it well. Now, rub the butter pieces on your finger tips and put it in the flour. Add sugar and milk in it and make soft dough. After making dough, knead it, roll it out lightly and cut it with the help of cookies cutter. Brush butter in the baking tray and put all these in it and bake it for 25 minutes. You can garnish it with dry fruits, jam and cream, fruit pieces like cherries, or strawberries, and unsalted butter.
You can make variations in these cookies by using wheat flour instead of all purpose flour. You can add some other flours in it like rice flour, oat milk, or simply you can make multi-grain English scones. This would be the best option for any type of cookies as this would be healthier than others. You can use any fruit pulp or mix fruit pulp in these cookies to make it more tasty and healthy. Remember, you must increase the quantity of each ingredient according to the number of your guests. Means, here we have given proportion of English scones for 6-8 people, if you have 25 guests for the bridal shower, you must take each ingredient 4 times more. This will make enough English scones for everyone to relish. Another important thing is that, if there are some kids in your guest list then you must increase the quantity a bit more as kids like cookies more than other type of food and they might eat more than expected. So, to be on the safer side, you must increase the number of cookies you are going to bake.