Raisin Scones

Course: Bread

Cuisine: Irish,

Keyword: Irish soda bread scones, Raisin Scones

Prep Time: 7

Cook Time: 20

Servings: servings

Calories: 452kcal

These Raisin Scones are just like sweet Irish Soda Bread. They bake up quicker but taste just as good! Delicious all year long!

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Make as muffins using a silicone or metal muffin/cupcake pan. make as scones using a scone pan or make as 1 smaller loaf usong a 6-8 inch cast iron pan or oven safe pan (line with parchment first) and cut into wedges once out of the oven for 10 minutes.
Whisk the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl until blended, add the butter and raisins and stir well.
Add buttermilk, heavy cream and egg to the dry ingredients and stir until incorporated - mix by hand with a spatula and do not over mix.
Use cookie or ice cream scoop (sprayed with baking spray first) and plop into muffin/cupcake pan (sprayed first). Or into scone pan, (sprayed first). Or scrape mixture into pan(s). Sprinkle decorator sugar overtop (optional but makes them sparkle, special and have a delicious crunch!)
Bake muffins for 15-20. Scones for 25-30 and small single loaf for 45-55.
Once a wooden skewer inserted comes out not "wet" it is done. Cool a bit then flip out of the pan(s), or for loaf peel off parchment paper and allow the bread to cool on a cooling rack, that is if you don't just dig right in like my family and I do!
Don't forget the butter!

If baking as a single loaf, don't forget to let the fairies out or bless the bread by using a knife to run a cross through the dough :)