How to make a scone dough

Sconesis probably the most popular kinds of pastries with tea, coffee, milk or compote. Lush and fragrant, they like children and adults. The composition of the dough, shape and fillings for this kind of baking can vary to infinity, which vary daily and festive menu.

How to prepare yeast dough

To cook on an old recipe brioche dough, it is necessary to take:
- 1.1 kg of semolina flour;
- 2 sachets of 7 g instant yeast;
- 150 g of sugar;
- 2 tsp. of the salt;
- 2 tsp ground cardamom;
- 400 ml of milk;
- 250-300 ml of milk;
- 3 eggs;
- 200-250 grams of walnut kernels;
- 200 g of raisins;
- 300 g dark brown sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of honey;
- 90 g of powdered sugar.

First of all, make a yeast dough. To do this, in large bowl, combine instant yeast, powdered sugar, salt, cardamom and 450 g of flour. In a small pan or pot heat the milk and 90 grams of butter to about 50 ° C. In advance melt butter is not necessary. Using a mixer on low speed, gradually beat warm liquid into the flour mixture. Then beat in eggs. Increase speed of mixer and beat all the ingredients for another 3 minutes. With a wooden spoon, add 600 g of flour and knead a soft dough.

Put the dough on the covered with flour a work surface and gradually add 80-90g of flour, knead for another 10 minutes until the dough becomes elastic and smooth. Form a bowl, close with cling film and let stand 15 minutes.

How to cook scones

Prepare for bread stuffing. To do this, melt in a saucepan 90 g of butter. With a small bowl, combine chopped with a knife or in a mortar the walnuts, raisins and brown sugar. Divide the dough into 2 halves and roll out each into a rectangle. Then grease them with melted butter and spread evenly on the layers of the filling. Roll the dough into a roll starting with the long side of the rectangles and seal seams.

Then with a knife cut each roll into 10 pieces. Lay the buns on a greased baking tray cut side down. Close all with plastic wrap or a cloth and put in a warm place for half an hour. During this time the rolls should increase in volume by about half.

Heat the oven to 180oC, put him in a tray of "coming up" biscuits and bake them for 25-30 minutes until rolls are brown.

Next, prepare the glaze. To do this, place a saucepan on medium heat and in it heat the honey with the remaining 90 g butter 100 g brown sugar. The butter has fully melted and the sugar to dissolve. Then pour the prepared glaze baked muffins and cool them on a wire rack. When the cakes are completely cooled, mix the icing sugar with a tablespoon of water and sprinkle the buns with this mixture.