Do not trust these seemingly innocent baked goods. Mini items are deceptive. Because they’re so small, they hardly count as food. So you pop one of babies into your mouth each time you walk by and before you know it, you’ve eaten ten. True story. It happened to me and it may happen to you.
Scones are not too different in composition from the American biscuit, though they’re usually eaten differently. Cheap and filling, they’re never far away from the menus of cafes and lunchrooms and often one of the first things a child will bake in school cooking class.
Sometimes there are different ways to say a word: the posh way and the common way. I’ve always called a scone a “skon” which rhymes with con, swan and Tron, but the posh way to pronounce it would be to call it a “skone” rhymes with bone, phone and loan. I play pretend posh and I jokingly call it “skone” so often that it’s part of my vocabulary now. So call it “skon” or “skone”, it’s up to you and perhaps the company you keep.
This recipe is adapted from the basic Edmonds Cookbook recipe and is begging to be experimented on with different flavours. It probably doesn’t surprise you that I’m a savoury kind of girl rather than a sweet tooth. Savoury, herb filled, cheesey scones are my preference over scones with cream and jam. Scones are very cheap to make and fun to experiment with. Once cooled, the scones can be split in half and used as a base to load even more toppings onto. I took a batch of these to work yesterday and the boys thought they were too small, while the girls all thought they were the perfect size. So maybe they could also be called girl-scones.
This really is my style of baking. The measurements are forgiving, there’s no yeast to fail on you, no resting or proofing time and kneading is minimal. Seriously, if you knead this dough to much, your scones will be tough. Handle as little as possible.
Mini Party Scones
Makes 30
Ingredients
3 cups plain flour (plus extra for dusting)
6 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teapsoon salt
75 grams (2/3 stick) butter
4 slices pepperoni, chopped
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped
2 tablespoons parmesan, grated
1/2 cup cheese, grated
2 tablespoons red onion, diced
A good pinch of dried herbs
1 cup milk (plus a tablespoon extra milk for glazing)
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 220°C/430°F.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Cut butter into small cubes, then using your clean, dry hands, rub the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add the pepperoni, herbs, cheeses and onion. Stir well.
- Add milk and combine with a butter knife to form a soft dough. Knead a few times in the bowl and then turn out onto a chopping board or bench that has been lightly dusted with flour.
- Press dough out to about 2cm thick (less than 1 inch). If your dough is too thick your scones will rise up and fall over. Cut out circles using a 4cm (1.5″) round cookie cutter. Place dough rounds onto a lightly floured oven tray, spacing about 4cm apart. Knead together the dough offcuts and repeat until all dough is used.
- Brush rounds with milk and place in top half of oven. Bake for 10 minutes until scones have doubled in height and golden with crisp edges. Remove from oven and allow to cool on a cooling rack (for crisp scones) or covered with a teatowel (for soft scones). Serve hot or cold or zapped in the microwave and optional butter.
Bunny Eats Design 
Very nice…
Thanks FoodIsTheBestShitEver! I love your blog name 🙂
why thank you…
Anyway you call them Genie, these are lovely. And small IS better, the ladies can choose to eat one or two, and the gentlemen can scarf down as many as they please. I also prefer the savoury kind.
You are quite right. My boss said he ate two and I think the ladies ate just one. I might have eaten 10 at home, but I graciously only ate 1 at work. They think I’m a real lady 😀
We all know better though 😉
Delectable. I loved Auckland for the savoury muffins, which aren’t as common in cafes in London, so I was planning on making some but maybe I shall just try my hand at these cute things! But whilst I’m on the note, do you have any good ideas for savoury muffin flavours?
Oh, you should make scones, they’re so easy. Even I can do it 🙂 What I like about these is that the recipe is pretty forgiving. I can’t say I make a lot of muffins, at our house, mini quiche are the most prized and popular baked snack. If you have access to fresh herbs, they’ll always make your baking taste amazing. I find you can use similar ingredients for savoury quiche, muffins and scones. Some other ideas: Spinach and feta, ham and cheddar, salmon and cream cheese….can you tell I like cheese?
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Ha ha…I always though “skon” was the posh way…maybe it is different in Canada 🙂
These look delectable!
Hmmmm…it’s possible that it’s a cultural difference or even a difference in accents.
Swap the pepperoni for goats cheese and i would be sneaking them too! They look awesome. Are they like savoury muffins?
Quite similar to savoury muffins. I’m sure you could goats cheese the heck out of these 🙂
So delicious looking… Mini things are definitely the most tempting because you always feel like you can eat hundreds all at once!
You remind me of the Mitch Hedberg quote: Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.
I’m in that state right now, but that involves cooking and I’m all tuckered out! Great quote though, and two thousand of those scones would do me nicely… 😀
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Another tasty savoury sponge creation from Auckland based blogger Bunny.Eats.Design
Hey, your pictures look very cute! Would you be interested in submitting photos to a new start-up such as Foodgawker or TasteSpotting?
Hi Mihai, thanks for the invitation I will check out.
Genie, thanks for sharing the great snacks and treats. Have a super weekend. Cheers
Hi Carole and you’re welcome!