Easiest Scones Ever There I was, staring at the cookbook, not wanting to deal with the recipe for scones I was planning to prepare for our breakfast. There were things like, cut the cubed, chilled butter into the flour mixture, and other similar things that are just not what I want to deal with at 7AM. I made up my mind to find an easier way (for some reason I can design a new recipe out of thin air at 7AM, but not follow a harder one), so this is what I came up with:


Easy Scones

1 Box Jiffy Buttermilk Biscuit Mix
1/2 cup dried fruit, chocolate chips or fresh fruit (your choice)
1 tablespoon lemon or orange zest (optional)
2 tablespoons sugar (to taste)
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup heavy cream, half & half or light cream

Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees F. Mix above ingredients and knead a few times to incorporate. (You can use 1/2 cup water instead of the 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup cream and it will work fine. The cream just helps to make a richer tasting biscuit.) Press out into a square that is about one inch tall and cut into six triangles. You may also use a round cutter, but I find that the last one ends up a hard, overworked blob, and cutting in triangles is a lot easier in my opinion. You may also double or otherwise increase the size of this recipe without any trouble. Place scones on ungreased cookie sheet at least one inch apart.

1 tablespoon heavy cream
1 tablespoon sanding sugar or table sugar

Brush scones with heavy cream and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until they are golden brown. Cool on pan. May be enjoyed warm or at room temperature. Store in plastic for up to four days.


I had the biscuit mix on hand and I made a double version of this recipe. I put in dried cranberries, dried blueberries and fresh lemon zest since I happened to have three lemons in the fridge. I very rarely have lemons on hand, and I would probably have used lemon flavoring or dried lemon zest instead. To make it even easier, and since I am a cake decorator and have sanding sugar at home, you could also just use regular sugar and you probably don't even need to brush with the heavy cream to get it to stick. I just had some heavy cream and I knew that it would help the scones to brown.

The great thing about this recipe is that you can chose anything you like and make them as unique as you dare. You could also add nuts if you like that sort of thing. The base is so simple with only the biscuit mix, water (and cream) and sugar, that you can make them exactly the way you want and it is still really easy.

Ideas for things to add:

Cranberry Orange Scones
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1 tablespoon orange zest or 1/2 teaspoon orange flavoring

Lemon Blueberry Scones
1/2 cup dried blueberries
1 tablespoon lemon zest or 1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring

Chocolate Chip Scones
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Banana Nut Scones
1/2 cup dried banana chips (broken to about pea size)
1/4 cup walnuts or pecans
1 teaspoon cinnamon

White Chocolate Almond Scones
1/2 cup white chocolate chips or chunks
1/4 cup slivered almonds  ¶ 4:45 PM