I made these heart shaped scones for the first
time and it tasted great . It is simple and easy to make with few ingredients.
Scone – It is a single serving cake or quick
bread. Originated in Britain .It is
similar to an American biscuit usually made of wheat flour , sugar , baking
powder , butter , milk or yogurt or buttermilk and sometimes eggs.
The dough for the scones must be soft and
sticky made from one part of liquid to three parts of wheat flour. This gives
the scones a soft center.
I baked the egg less scones
by using yogurt.
The original scones were round and flat , made
with oats and baked on a griddle , then cut into triangle like quadrants for
serving.
They are often lightly
sweetened and occasionally glazed. Nowadays various shapes are made like
triangles , rounds and squares. I made heart shaped scones.
Dry fruits like cherry ,
raisins , dates and cheese are also included in making scones.
I made these scones with cocoa powder and
without using cherry.
This was my sisters suggestion to make a arrow to pierce the heart...........
We baked the arrow separately and arranged so is it beautiful..................
Requirements :
Whole wheat flour – 2 cup
Cocoa powder – 6 tbs
Granulated sugar – 1 cup
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Yogurt – ½ cup
Baking powder – 1 tbs
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Butter – 2 tbs
Method :
In a large bowl , whisk
butter, sugar , baking powder , baking soda together.
Add the yogurt , vanilla
essence and cocoa powder, mix well.
Add the flour and fold in
gently.
This dough will be semi dry , turn the mixture into the kitchen counter and knead with the hands well till
the mixture will form into a dough for 10 minutes till smooth dough is formed.
Roll the dough gently with
rolling pin to 2 cm thick and cut into hearts with the cookie cutter.
Preheat the oven to 220
degree Celsius.
Arrange the cut out scones
in the baking tray with 1 cm apart.
Bake on convection made
for 20 minutes.
Let it cool on wire rack.
The scones will be crunchy
on outside and soft on inside.
Serve with fruit jam.
