Scones: the recipe for simple and delicious soft scones

THE fluffy scones they are simple to make and are made with few ingredients: he made them for us Chef Michele Ghedini and you can serve them instead of bread or eat them stuffed charcuterie and cheeses or with tomatoes and other vegetablesideal to serve for a buffet or to taste as snack. To make them, we prepared the dough with flour, water, milk, brewer’s yeast, extra virgin olive oil and salt. After stage leaven, we will obtain disks of dough, on which we will make holes with our fingers, before brushing them with a brine made from extra virgin olive oil, water and salt: in our preparation we have also added cherry tomatoes and artichokes in oil, but you can leave them plain or stuff them as you wish. Here’s how to make them fluffy and irresistible in just a few steps.

how to make scones

In a bowl, pour the flour and yeast dissolved in a glass of water 1 and mix. Gradually add all the water and milk 2mix until the flour has absorbed the water then add the salt and oil 3.

knead well until you get a smooth dough 4; put it in a container, cover with foil 5 and leave to rise for 2 hours at room temperature. When doubled, roll out the dough with a rolling pin 6.

Make several discs with a cookie cutter 7place the discs on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper 8 and let them rise and cover them with plastic wrap or a tea towel 9 For 1 hour.

After the time, make dimples with your fingers (10), brush with the brine made up of oil, salt and water (11); add the ingredients you like, if you wish you can also leave them plain, and bake at 180°C for about 15 minutes.
And here are these fantastic ready-made scones (12).

storage

You can save the soft scones for 2-3 days in a well-closed food bag. Otherwise, you can freeze them after cooking.