One chilly Saturday morning, I got it in my head that I wanted to have scones for breakfast with tea. However, I really didn’t feel like walking down to the corner café, and paying $5 for a scone the size of my head. (The fact the whole endeavor would require a level of dressing, coat-wearing and shoe-finding that I had no interest in performing didn’t help either). So I did what I usually do. I hopped on the web until I found a recipe that matched the ingredients in my fridge. After a bit of futzing, I altered something I found and came up with this. Enjoy!
Simple Spice Vegan Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar
- 1/4 cup margarine, softened (I used Best Life, but you can also Earth Balance)
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 3/4-1 cup nondairy milk (I used Silk, Vanilla)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp crushed cloves
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Mix dry ingredients together. Cut in margarine until crumbles form. (Note: This step is important! I sit with the bowl and read and article or watch TV for a few minutes while mixing everything together with a fork. The more crumbly the better!)
- Mix in spices
- Stir in milk and raisins.
- Mix with spoon until well blended, then mix by hand. Knead dough well for a few minutes between your hands.
- Form scones by grabbing dough by the handful, about 3” in diameter
- Press onto ungreased or foil or parchment-lined cookie sheet to 1/2” round disks then form with hands or knife into triangular (or round shapes)
- Sprinkle a bit more cinnamon and/or sugar on the top of each scone before baking
- Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until just brown on top.
this is about the size I make each scone
Serves: 6-8
Calories per serving: 202
I enjoy mine with jam and tea!
I adapted this recipe from once originally found here. If you’re not vegan, you can make this recipe with butter.
• How do you make your scones?
