Scones 101

Today I spent the morning with a Anglo-French group watching Bernadette make scones (with her Mom looking on). In an attempt to better learn each others' language, about 10-12 ladies meet twice a month to talk, exchange ideas, have morning tea, etc. One of the French members had been trying (unsuccessfully) to make scones. So Bernadette who is Scottish demonstrated her technique for the group. Her recipe was pretty much a standard scone recipe a combination of flour, margarine, bicarbonate of soda, cream of tarter, milk, water, and salt. However, what was unusual to those in the group who regularly make scones, is that she kneaded the dough. The results were wonderful. Shown in the basket are 2 different types of dough. Those with the raisins used a milk and water combination for the liquid, those without raisins used entirely milk. The results were quite different as you can see in the photos, but both were delicious. I will get the whole process posted on http://www.flickr.com/photos/petillant