Kiwi Girls Cook – Easy Cream Scones

The first thing I ever baked was a batch of scones. I was 6 years old. There is a picture of me somewhere with a pretty little blue dress on, standing on a step stool to reach the counter with flour everywhere. I was so, so incredibly proud of my creation. I can still remember my mom helping me carry them out with a cup of tea to my dad who was in his workshop. We made 3 variations – regular cream scones, date and cheese and onion. He loved them (or that’s at least what he told me).

I wish I would have paid a little more attention on the whole scone making front because I’ve definitely lost my touch. See, my mom taught me to bake and with scones she didn’t follow a particular recipe, she had the basic measurements memorized and generally went by feel. I’ve never been able to recreate them the way she used too; see New Zealand style scones are different than what we get here in the States or in the UK. They are a little bit more like what we would call a buttermilk biscuit, just slightly more dense.

Maybe one day I’ll master my mom’s recipe but until then I’ve gone for a much easier version that I can whip up at a moments notice using pancake mix – weird but it works!

Cut in the butter until its resembles course pebbles.

I divided my mixture because I wanted plain scones and chocolate chip ones – delish.

Make a disk and cut like a pie.

Hot out of the oven.

Too much butter?

much love!
jess