All the way from Applecross to Inverness along the stormy North Coast 500 in Scotland. What I can't erase from my memory is the scone of a family resting in a tearoom. It's hard on the outside and soft on the inside. It's crispy and warm on the heart...
Step1:Prepare ingredients. Cut cranberries. Freeze butter. Frozen butter is the key to internal softness.
Step2:Add baking powder, baking soda and salt to the low powder. Sieve to baking pad.
Step3:Mix the sugar and the powder well. Add the frozen butter. Use a scraper and hand to form a sand. This is the key step. The operation needs to be fast. It needs to be completed before the butter is melted. If there is a food processor, it can be mixed quickly. It's not like a woman. It is recommended that butter be cut into small pieces before freezing.
Step4:In the light cream, add the broken egg liquid and vanilla essence. Leave the space in the middle of the powder pile. Slowly add the milk liquid. Slowly mix the powder and milk with the egg fork. Leave a little egg milk to brush the surface of Sikang.
Step5:During the mixing process, reduce the kneading of dough, so as not to affect the taste. It can be folded with scraper and pressed with palm until there is no dry powder.
Step6:Preheat the oven. The baking temperature is 200 ℃. It is said that when the oven is opened, it will suddenly drop by 20 ℃. So the preheat temperature of my wife is 220 ℃. Add dried cranberries to the dough. Still press it by folding. If the dough is too wet, put some dry powder on the pad. Make it round. 23cm thick. Eight equal parts. Brush with egg milk.
Step7:200 degrees. 20 minutes. If you are lazy, you can enjoy it with salt butter and jam. It's better with black tea, coffee, lollipop, homemade cream and jam.
Cooking tips:Usually the butter in the baking point needs to be softened. But the butter used by Sikang must be frozen. The process of mixing butter and powder must be fast. This is the key to the formation of the texture between cake and biscuit. Then the dough should be rubbed as little as possible to avoid cramping. The light cream in the ingredients can be replaced by milk or half by half, but the light cream is more mellow. Wine soaked dried cranberries add flavor. Don't use rum if you don't like it. Salt and vanilla also add flavor. You can increase or decrease the proportion of ingredients according to your taste. Adjust the baking temperature and time according to the temper of the oven. Dame had a live replay of Sikang's experiment in the United States. There was a slight difference between the recipe on the same day and the final one. The final plastic scheme also changed. The operation steps can be used for reference. Welcome to pay attention. There are skills in making delicious dishes.