Types of Scones

If you exist in the UK, have them with some tea. If you exist anywhere else, also have them with some tea.

Welcome to Behind the Scone, where we go over the reasons scones taste good and the different types of scones!

In case you don’t know what a scone is, that’s not true because everyone knows what a scone is. But if you somehow don’t know, a scone is a small, ultra buttery cake with a hint of sweet tanginess.

There are two types of scones, American scones and British scones. Each have very unique qualities, even though they are very easy to confuse. (Until you bite into them, that is. It is not the best experience eating clotted cream on an American scone).

American scones are very buttery and milky, so buttery and milky, in fact, that they are not eaten with anything and instead filled with stuff. (For example, blueberries). American scones often appear more on Google, I’m guessing because they have lots of fun variations.

British scones are less dense than American scones and have very puffy tops. Funnily enough, British scones are also more sugary and fatty. (Is “fatty” a word?) British scones are also circle shaped, while American scones are triangle-shaped. Don’t really know if that matters, because I’m American and apparently people from Britain take scones a little more seriously

This wouldn’t be a post about scones if it didn’t have a few recipes. My favorite British scone recipe is from America’s Test Kitchen (irony) and my favorite American scone recipe is from Sally’s Baking addiction.

https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/7776-british-style-currant-scones

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/scones-recipe/

Goodbye!