Sam I am Scones

Dan    Appetizers & Co., Recipes     baking, biscuits, Kick The KD, learning, quick and easy, tips

What you’ll need…

2 cups all-purpose flour

3 TSP baking powder

1/2 TSP salt

1/2 cup butter (the colder, the better!)

1/2 cup deli sliced ham (chopped)

1 cup milk

1/2 cup green peas

1 egg

ground black pepper

After having a very lovely guest, Julie Van Rosendaal, in my Kick The KD class last week, I felt inspired. In class, we had tackled the art of a perfect biscuit with the help of Julie. I, myself, am not much of a baker, but after spending some time with someone like her in the kitchen, it’s hard not to become impassioned!

If Dr. Seuss was alive and well today, I’d like to think that he would rather enjoy these scones, but if not, he might say something like…‘I would not, could not, eat those scones, even if I were just bones. I would not eat them anywhere. In this, or that, I do not care.’

Anyway…start by preheating the oven to 425 degrees. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Next, cut-in the butter with your hands until the mixture is ‘crumbly’ (I found it easiest to cut the cold butter into small, 1/2″ cubes first, then mix it in). Once that’s done, add-in the ham and toss the dry mixture a few times to evenly disperse.

In a blender, combine the milk and green peas, puree until smooth. Add the blended liquid and egg into the bowl of dry ingredients. Mix until a wet dough forms. Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead a couple times until no longer sticky.

Now, this is the part where I would say start tearing off pieces of dough in biscuit-appropriate sizes, but Julie showed us a much better option in class: Take the dough in it’s entirety and press down until it is about 1″ thick. Next, cut it as you would a pizza…in half, then quarters, then eighths. After that, you’ll have some nicely shaped triangles (rhombus need not apply).

Take each piece and evenly spread them out on a prepared baking sheet. Brush the top with some egg wash or even milk (another great tip from Julie!), finish with some ground black pepper and pop into the oven for 12 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Yields 8 biscuits

Total cook time…25 min

How easy was that? Seriously. Biscuits are so easy, and always delicious…Slathering with butter is strongly recommended!

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