Griddle Scones Recipe
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What is something I haven’t made before? That is a question I was asking myself last week when I realized that I haven’t attempted to make scones. I searched for a recipe for scones in all of my vintage cookbooks and found the griddle scones. It is easy and great for summer baking!
What Ingredients Will I Need?
- Flour
- Baking Powder
- Sugar
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- Shortening
- Eggs
- Milk
Recipe for Scones – Helpful Tips
- If you don’t have a flour sifter, use a whisk to sift dry ingredients.
- Use a pastry blender to cut shortening into dry ingredients.
- Use butter-flavored shortening for best flavor.
- An electric skillet or electric griddle makes it easier to control the temperature.
Variations
- Raisin Scones – add 1/2 cup raisins to dry ingredients before adding shortening.
- Buttermilk Scones – substitute 1/3 cup buttermilk for 1/3 cup milk. Use 2 teaspoons baking powder instead of 1 tablespoon baking powder. Add 1/4 teaspoon baking soda.
- Sour Cream Scones – Increase sugar to 2 tablespoons and use 1/2 cup sour cream instead of 1/3 cup milk. Perfect for strawberry shortcake!
Ideas for Toppings
- Jam or jelly – any flavor
- Butter
- Cinnamon and sugar
- Lemon curd
- Powdered sugar
- Whipped cream
- Marmalade
Other Recipes to Try
Spice Muffins, Sweet Milk Griddle Cakes, and Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuits are other great breakfast recipes to try. Old-Fashioned Banana Bread and Classic French Toast also make for a yummy breakfast. These Air Fryer English Muffins from Katy Kicker are also delicious. For a savory option, try these Ham and Cheese Scones.
Final Thoughts
Overall, I enjoyed this recipe. The flavor and texture were just right for adding toppings or fillings. They were easy to make and I liked that I didn’t need to use my oven. These would be perfect for summertime and I could see myself making these while camping. Next time, I might try a larger biscuit cutter because I prefer my scones a bit larger.
Have you made scones? What is your favorite topping or filling?
Griddle Scones
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Flour Sifted
- 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
- 1 Tablespoon Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ¼ Cup Shortening
- 2 Eggs
- ⅓ Cup Milk
Instructions
- Preheat griddle or skillet over medium heat or set electric griddle to 325°.
- Sift flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon, and salt together.
- Cut in shortening until mixture looks like crumbs.
- Make a hollow in the center.
- Beat eggs slightly.
- Combine eggs with milk and stir into hollow in dry ingredients with fork until all ingredients are moistened. Do not overmix.
- Place on floured board and knead carefully 5 or 6 times.
- Roll out to ½ inch thick and cut with 2-inch biscuit cutter.
- Place on ungreased griddle or skillet.
- Bake approximately 10 minutes on one side then turn and bake approximately 10 minutes on the other side.
Adapted from “Homemade Bread” by Farm Journal Inc., copyright 1969
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I just love a good scone! With butter and jam, nothing beats it for an afternoon snack or breakfast. I also love a sweet scone, with dried fruit inside. 🙂
Yum, dried fruit inside sounds delicious! 🙂
Oh I love this! I tried making scones once years ago and it didn’t go too well, so I’m glad this looks relatively easy, haha. I might give these a go and make some for my dad, I know he’s rather partial to scone! I like that you don’t need an oven too. Thank you so much for sharing x
Thank you! I hope you get to make these and they turn out. Your dad will love them! 🙂
I love scones and had no idea you could make them on a griddle! Thanks for sharing this variation.
Isn’t it fun? I’m so glad I could share it with you! 🙂
This look yummy and I like that it’s easy to make them and taste good. Could put cream cheese too.
Cream cheese would be absolutely delicious! Great idea! 🙂
Om, I love scones, especially as a part of an afternoon tea or picnic. These look amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Scones are delicious with tea! I love that too. 🙂
You know the way to my heart! I do love myself a yummy scone with cream & jam, ugh amazing. I’ll defiantly be trying out your recipe lovely, thank you so much for sharing it with us Xo
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Yum, cream and jam would be delicious together on scones. I’ll have to try that! I usually have them separately. 🙂
Those scones look so delicious. I will have to try it out!
Thank you so much!
These look delicious! It’s always so hard to find a good recipe for scones that doesn’t disappoint and one that doesn’t need the oven it’s really rare, cant wait to try them out! x
Thank you! I love that they don’t need the oven. It’s so hard to keep the house cool in the summer!
This looks yum! Thanks for the recipe!
xoxo
Lovely
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Thank you! 🙂
Cinnamon and lemon curd are my favorite toppings:)
Those would be delicious!
I made the raisin version and just loved them! It’d been way too long since I had made scones, but after making these, I’m glad to have them back in the rotation! Thanks.
I’m glad you enjoyed them!
These were so easy to make and taste delicious. Scones are perfect on a cold morning with a hot cup of coffee!
I agree, they are great to have with coffee!
This was my first time making scones. I liked your recipe because it was simple and clear. The scones turned out perfectly! I love the subtle warmth of them provided by the cinnamon. It really went nicely with my apple butter I used to top them. Thanks for the clear and easy recipe!
You’re welcome!
I LOVE scones when I came across this recipe it was a no-brainer I had to make them! Let me tell you, these are AMAZING, thank you so much!
You’re welcome!
Thanks for sharing
Can these be made with cold butter instead of shortening?
Hi Maryeileen,
Yes, you can substitute cold butter for shortening. Keep in mind that it might change the texture a bit because butter has less fat than shortening. But they should still turn out just fine. 🙂