Learn how to make perfect scones! My recipe is easy to customize with your favorite add-ins, and it yields buttery, flaky, flavorful scones every time.Jump to recipe The best scones are buttery, flaky, and moist inside.They’re crisp and crumbly around the edges, perfect for pairing with a cup of coffee or tea.Scones can get a bad rap for being bland or dry (my husband Jack swore he didn’t like them for years), but when they’re prepared well, they shouldn’t be either of those things.I’m sharing my favorite scone recipe below.

It’s easy to make with 10 basic ingredients, and you can customize it with your favorite sweet or savory mix-ins.No matter which ones you pick, it yields tender, flavorful, bakery-worthy scones every time.If you’re on the fence about scones, I think this recipe will win you over.Even Jack will tell you that it’s delicious for breakfast or brunch!What are scones?Similar to biscuits, scones are lightly sweet baked goods enriched with butter and/or cream and leavened with baking powder.

Here in the US, we often load them up with glazes and mix-ins like fruit and chocolate chips.In Britain, scones tend to be simpler, typically made without mix-ins and left unglazed.Famously served as part of high tea, British scones are the perfect vehicle for toppings like jam and clotted cream.This recipe is for American scones.

Though you could make it without mix-ins for more of a British vibe, I think they’re half the fun here.I’m sharing so

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