The Go-To

I love having go-to's. No fuss, no muss, no question. Little by little, I add to my collection of recipe go-to's -- the best have simple ingredients and simple steps. This is one that's been a standby for years now! 

The olive wood rolling pin was a gift from my husband, straight from Greece --
I love the amazing grain!

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Because who doesn't need a go-to recipe for scones? A never-fail, always delicious, always gone too soon recipe. It's superb plain, but it's also the perfect canvas for mix-ins (craisins, dried oranges, walnuts, pecans, chocolate...). These are cranberry-walnut. Or were, rather. They didn't last very long...

This recipe came from the sensibility.com message forums -- from none other than the marvelous Suzi Clarke!

Suzi’s Scones

Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour (Sometimes I use whole wheat pastry flour, but they're fluffiest with all purpose)
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp. salt
• 3 TBSP sugar 
• 1 ½ oz./3 TBSP butter 
• 1/3-1/2 cup sour milk or buttermilk, or milk curdled with lemon juice. 

Directions:

1. Whisk the dry ingredients together. 
2. Cut the butter in until mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
3. Stir in the milk, very gradually, to make a firm, pliable dough. Don't let it get too sticky.
4. Roll out in a circle on a floured board to about 1/2" thick. Cut into 8 wedges. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Put in a hot oven, 400-425 degrees, for about 10 minutes.

Hope one of my favorite go-to's may end up being one of yours, too!