Author: Make Mine Lemon - Adapted from Zov Karamardian
The Best Scone I Ever Ate
Ingredients
3 cups all purpose flour
2 Tablespoons sugar
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¾ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ sticks of butter
1 cup buttermilk
½ freshly grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons chopped rosemary – fresh makes the difference
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment
Combine dry ingredients.
Add chilled cubed butter – use pastry blender or fingertips (my niece grates the chilled butter with a cheese grater) it should resemble coarse oatmeal.
Add the buttermilk, and Parmesan cheese
Stir until it just comes together
Roll the dough into a 9 inch diameter about ½ to ¾ thick
Notes
Caution: Everything should be cold. Do not overwork to avoid toughness. Use a sharp cookie cutter. Cut straight down - Do not twist cutter so not to impede rise. I use my Cuisinart; if you do just be careful because the dough will come together so quickly they will be tough if you are not vigilant. If you don't have a Cuisinart, use the large hole of a cheese grater to grate your butter into the flour - you can put the butter in the freezer for a few minutes. Please use fresh herbs - fresh will lift your level of cooking without trying. Unless I have company I always make a half batch.
Recipe by Make Mine Lemon at https://www.makeminelemon.com/the-best-scone-i-ever-ate/