Thursday, May 19, 2016

Biscuits are not Scones.

Me at my college cafeteria: "Ooo! Look! They have scones today!"
Friend: "Uh, hun? Those are biscuits. Not scones."
Me: "Oh okay please excuse me while I go back to my room and cry for a week bye."

These "biscuit" things are lies.THEY LOOK LIKE SCONES, BUT THEY DEFINITELY ARE NOT SCONES. THEY AREN'T BISCUITS EITHER. "Biscuits" are things you dip in your tea, not pour lumpy gravy on??

The things you learn at college!

There are a lot of great things about Southern California, but the lack of scones is definitely one of the place's downfalls. When I came home one of the first things I baked was a nice batch of proper scones. Since I'm classy, the recipe I used was one I found on snapchat. (I dunno it just happened)

It was a lot of fun, and the recipe was a really good one. (Here's the Recipe)

HOW TO MAKE SCONES IN FOURTEEN EASY, ENJOYABLE STEPS


1. Make sure you have all the ingredients. It's not fun to get all pumped up to make scones and then realize that you don't have any buttermilk to self-rising flour.*

2. Put on a colorful apron that clashes with your outfit (my outfit was my pajamas, so bonus points for me), some fun dancy music, and make yourself a cup of tea to sip on when the baking gets stressful.

3. Wash your hands.

*yes of course that is exactly what happened to me, but I just made my own like a boss. #thanksgoogle


4. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Do not get any flour in your tea.

5. Stir in the sugar, and then (with your fingers! Best part!) rub in the butter.

6. Stop rubbing when the mixture looks like nice, slightly clumpy sand. Don't overdo it unless you have a thing for scones that have the texture of rocks.

7. Pour in most of the "buttermilk" (A.K.A skim milk with lemon juice in it. It works). Save some for brushing over the top later.


8. Stir it up until it looks like this.

9. Gently pat it on a floured surface like this.

10. Find a cookie cutter like this.*

*Or not. Do your own thing. Be creative. You do you, man. 


11. After putting the scones on a floured baking sheet, brush each with some "buttermilk".

12. SPRINKLE WITH SUGAR.

13. Put em in the oven for like 10-15 minutes.



14. Once they cool a bit on a cooling rack, pick the prettiest one, slather it with butter and jam, and enjoy the glorious fact that it is not a gravy-smothered biscuit but is in fact a proper scone.


love,
Hannah

PS Thank you for all the sweet comments on my last post! I loved hearing from some of you lovely people again!

22 comments:

  1. I'm normally good at deciphering American vs. British terms, but the whole biscuit/scone/cookie/other baked goods thing confuses me! Regardless, these look TASTY. (I would call them biscuits, but now I'm wondering what you would call biscuits?)

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    1. IT'S REAL CONFUSING, RIGHT?

      I kinda see it like this:

      UK "biscuits" = US "cookies" (pretty much)
      US "biscuits" = look kinda like UK scones but are more salty and buttery and often eaten with savory things (?)
      UK scones = same as US scones (although harder to come by in the US)

      I'm not sure how much sense that made. Meep. :D Thanks for commenting, Emily!

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  2. I had my small group girls from church over for lunch and I made biscuits for them! But I called them scones because scones sounds prettier ;) but we eat them with butter and jam, not gravy (??) So I think you and I are on the same track here. (Thank goodness for that!)

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    1. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. YUM. I have nothing against biscuits, they are great! Just NOT my college cafeteria's biscuits. They resemble hockey pucks.

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  3. Aww, that must've been so disappointing! Life without scones would be sad... Do you ever put dried fruit or anything like that in your scones? My mom makes them with blueberries or dried fruit or, on occasion, chocolate chips. (My family owns a bakery, so I never have to worry about a desparate scone shortage. (-:)

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    1. Your family owns a bakery? How cool is THAT? That all sounds super good! I sometimes put raisins or craisins in scones, but I've never tried blueberries - yum!

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  4. We say scones here in Aus! Well I suppose since my family is from Scotland... but anyway! :D

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    1. Yay for Australia! :) Ooooo you're Scottish? I don't think I knew that! Very cool.

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  5. Both biscuits and scones are delicious! Biscuits are delicious with sausage gravy, and I've had scones with clotted cream, which is almost better! Yours look SO GOOD.

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    1. You're right, both are good! I didn't grow up with US biscuits so they are a new experience for me. YES TO CLOTTED CREAM.

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  6. SCOOONNNNNEESSSS <3 <3 <3 omg sorry i was so distracted i didn't even SEE YOU'RE HERE OMG HIIIIII! *jumps around and hugs you and probably screams a lot* Welcome baaack!! I NEED to go read the other post you posted (so coherent this morning hello) and read about your lovely adventures in the US of A! YOU DIDN'T GET SCONES HERE OMG WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY FAILED AS AMERICANS LIKE WUT. xD

    I've wondered about the scones/biscuits/cookies thing for a long time! XD that key you gave Emily is very helpful thank you *sticks it in a virtual pocket somewhere* I agree, biscuits are good but I much prefer scones <3 BECAUSE SCONES. idk the name even sounds better alright XD

    *MOAR HUGS* EEEEP I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE BACK!! :)
    abbiee

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    1. *HUGSSSS*
      Abbie! Thank you!! YES SCONES.
      You are awesome.

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  7. I LOVE SCONES SO SO MUCH. When I saw the title of this post I was so happy, not even kidding. I first heard of scones in a home. ec. class, and we made them, and I remember we ate them with whipped topping and jam and OH MY GOODNESS IT WAS SO DELICIOUS. I lost the recipe from that class, but I wanted to try it out again, so I found a recipe online and made it, made my own whipped topping, and bought a jar of strawberry jam and IT WAS SO SO SO SO SO GOOD <3 <3 Scones are seriously the best.

    And you're right...I think biscuits are more savory food. Because like I've eaten biscuits mainly as a breakfast food with eggs or sausage gravy or something like that. (even though I don't eat pork, i just eat it with the gravy ;) BUT YEAH...scones. ♥ I think I should make some tomorrow.

    By the way so glad to see you're back! I didn't comment on your last post, but it's great to see you're back!

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    1. YUMYUMYUM. Aren't scones the best? You totally should make some.
      Thanks, Autumn! Good to see you too!

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  8. So good to have you back Hannah! Also, I loved this post because my experience is the opposite. I grew up in the South. Even though I am so in love with scones and probably could not survive a week without these amazing British biscuits (DIGESTIVES FOR EVERYONE!!!), I have to admit that I sometimes get homesick and wish myself a good ol' biscuit topped in sausage gravy from biscuit house or a freshly baked hot biscuit doused with honey from KFC. In fairness though, I think you are at the harder end of this misunderstanding. Having British scones and British biscuits is definitely preferable to American biscuits ; )

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    1. Susanna!! :) I love that our experiences are the opposite. We kind of swapped places!
      YES DIGESTIVES! CHOCOLATE AND CARAMEL COVERED ONES.
      I'm heading over to catch up on your blog!

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  9. Hahaha, how funny! So would you call American biscuits rolls then? Or buns? Or what exactly?

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    1. Hmm...that'a a good question. I guess we don't really have an equivalent to an American biscuit here, but when we eat a bread-type thing with our dinners we usually do call it a roll or bun!

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    2. Haha, okay. What's your favorite type of scone?

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  10. I have been going though your blog. I love it!

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