Whole-Wheat Scones

Ingredients

• •4 cups whole-wheat flour
• •2 tablespoons baking powder
• •1 teaspoon salt
• •8 tablespoons unsalted butter
• •1 cup light brown sugar
• •1 cup raisins
• •1½ cups buttermilk
• •to taste jam
• •to taste hot tea
• •for serving

Cooking Instructions

1. 1.

   1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Add the butter and use your fingers to pinch the butter and the flour mixture together; when it's all combined, it will resemble large bread crumbs.

   10 min

2. 2.

   2. Use a wooden spoon to mix in the brown sugar and raisins, and then add the buttermilk. If the dough is quite sticky, add more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough has the texture of modeling clay. If it's too dry, add more buttermilk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until it's wet enough.

   10 min

3. 3.

   3. Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and roll it out into a rectangle 1/4 inch thick. Cut the dough into 12 (3-inch) squares. Leftover scraps can be rerolled to make more scones.

   15 min

4. 4.

   4. Oil a baking sheet. Fold each square of dough in half diagonally to form a triangle, and lay it on the sheet. Bake the scones until the tops are golden brown, about 30 minutes. Serve warm, with jam and a pot of hot tea if you like.

   30 min