The Difference Between Biscuits and Scones, Plus 6 Healthy Recipes

From the EatingWell website and Magazine (http://www.eatingwell.com/) its - The Difference Between Biscuits and Scones, Plus 6 Healthy Recipes. You'll love this one, delicious and healthy Scones. Includes 6 Scone recipes; Chocolate-Cherry Scones, Morning Glory Scones,  Lemon-Poppy Seed Scones, Ham and Cheese Scones, Smoked Salmon and Dill Scones, and Sun-Dried Tomato, Thyme and Asiago Scones. Enjoy and Eat Healthy!



So, what's the difference between a scone and a biscuit? The answer generally boils down to one

ingredient: eggs. Scones have them, biscuits don't.
Other than that, the ingredients and process are pretty much the same. Both scones and biscuits are usually made with some combination of flour, baking powder or baking soda (or a combination of both), salt, sugar, milk or buttermilk, eggs (if you're making scones) and a fat (butter, Crisco, lard). The dry ingredients are mixed together, the fat is "cut in" with a pastry cutter, two knives or your fingers, and the liquid is added until the dough just comes together. The dough is gently kneaded very briefly then cut into circles or triangles and baked.........

You can click the link below to read the article and get all 6 healthy and delicious Scone recipes


http://www.eatingwell.com/article/285584/the-difference-between-biscuits-and-scones-plus-6-healthy-recipes/