A while back I bought sour cream and since it was on special I bought 5 pots. Then I only used one.
Since the sour cream was about to reach its expiry date (can sour cream really expire? Does it just get more sour?) I asked around for recipes to use up the last 4 pots.
I used one pot to make a creamy nutmeg pasta sauce the other night and then last night I used another pot to make these quick and really delicious scones.
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 envelope baking powder (about 3 teaspoons)
- 200 ml sour cream
- 6 tablespoons water approx/as needed
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Preheat oven to 200C.
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Mix together all the dry ingredients.
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Add the sour cream and start mixing it in.
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The mixture will start to look like bread crumbs.
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Add water, a tablespoon at a time, until the dough starts to come together.
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Use your hands to kneed the dough into a ball. The dough will be quite sticky.
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Coating your hands in flour, take small handfuls of the dough and form balls.
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Place on a baking tray and flatten slightly.
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Bake at 200C for about 15 minutes.
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Allow to cool slightly before breaking them open and slathering butter, jam and cream over them.
Adapted from AllRecipes here.