By Joy Summers From Star Tribune Minneapolis—When the sky blooms from lavender to pink, and the sun chases away the last vestiges of cold, that’s when Sarah Kieffer finds her inspiration. “There is a calm and stillness, both outside and in, that can be found in the early hours,” she said. “Baking in the morning,…

When you picture a scone, you probably think of a sweet wedge studded with chocolate chips or fruit. But have you ever had a savory scone? Speckled with sliced scallions, this tender cream cheese scone has a sharp, somewhat peppery allium bite that’s perfect at tea time. You can even split one, stuff it with…

Want to know the secret to our delicious scone recipe? It’s all about the way you handle the ingredients. Berry beginning: Toss the frozen berries in powdered sugar to keep from bleeding into the dough. Second step: Treating the butter in two different ways is the key to light and flaky scones. First, process half…

They may be called cream scones, but a big part of the magic of this treat comes from the butter. Adding little pieces of cold butter to the flour mixture (with the help of the food processor) creates little pockets of butter in the dough. When the scones are baking, the water in that butter…

Blueberry lemon scones: a golden-brown sea of dried blueberries and lemon zest packed into a buttery, tender dough and baked to perfection. Not only is the bite-sized confection delicious, but it’s also versatile. Serve them for breakfast or dessert with a big cup of tea. Add them to holiday spreads, picnic baskets, kid’s lunch boxes and beyond. If you’ve never had…

This is what you need 225g/8 oz of SR flour – or plain flour and 2 tablespoons of baking powder Pinch of salt 55g/2 oz of chilled butter cut into cubes 120g of finely grated mature cheddar OR 60g of grated hard Italian cheese – you will need to keep a bit back to sprinkle…

One key to flaky, tender scones is the ingredients you use, but another is the temperature of those ingredients. Using chilled butter—and mixing everything together quickly, before it warms up—helps create those perfect flaky layers. Using frozen berries helps keep the dough’s temperature low. It also prevents the bright berry color from bleeding out of…

These chocolate chip scones are the ideal breakfast treat: They’re flaky, moist, and not too sweet. Think of them as a marriage of cream scones and chocolate chip cookies, complete with the tender texture you love in scones and the melt-in-your-mouth chocolate that comes with a great cookie. Serve them warm from the oven, with…