Jodi’s Version of Mrs. McCarthy’s Famous Strawberry Scones

Inspired by the TV Show Father Brown.

Ingredients:

  • 15 oz (3 cups) all purpose flour
  • 2 and 1/3 oz (1/3 cup) sugar
  • 2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 8 tbsp unsalted butter cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped strawberries

Steps:

Preheat oven to 500.

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse several times to combine. Add butter cubes and pulse until mixture looks like fine crumb.

In a small bowl whisk the buttermilk and eggs.

Transfer the flour mixture to a large bowl. Pour the buttermilk mixture over the flour mixture. Fold the mixture together with a spatula. Gently knead (~10 folds) the mixture.

Turn the mixture onto a well floured surface. Pat into a rectangle (~10 x 14 in). Spread strawberries evenly onto the top of the rectangular shaped dough.

Gently roll the rectangle up as if making a loaf. Then pat the loaf into a 4 x 1o in rectangle. Cut the rectangle into 8 triangles (cut in half, cut each half in half, then cut each square across the diagonal).

Transfer the scones to a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Reduce oven temperature to 425 and bake for 10 – 15 minutes or until top begins to brown, rotating pan 1/2 way through if needed.

Rest on a wire rack for 10 minutes before serving.