Thank you! Thank you!! ssomerville...I roll one long rectangle, use my bench scraper to cut in half lengthwise, then bang out the triangles. Super fast and easy and consistent! teresa_mn and mustangs...I think the secret is to underbake, which is probably not very scone-like, but I only bake them about 10 minutes...12 max. They are waaaaay too dry if baked the length of time the recipe states. ann_t...they still don't rise like yours! But I'm getting there!! :) maxmom...yes, I use the RLB recipe. I don't use a food processor, just my hands! I use heavy whipping cream. The one thing I started doing after mixing in the cream and chips, dried fruit, whatever...is use my hands to form all the dough and dry bits into a ball (somewhat kneading it and continuing to push it all together) before I put it on the mat to roll. The 4 times roll, fold, repeat builds the layers in the dough. I'm not all that gentle with it, as opposed to biscuits...that I only roll once (no folding, etc) and use TLC! Lastly, I do not brush the tops of the scones (or biscuits). Thank you again all!! :)

Some Irish recipes don't transpose well; sometimes the disappointment in the final product comes from an inability to find comparable ingredients or a misunderstanding of measures. Notice the differences in amounts in this recipe for brown bread. From the Little Irish Baking Book by Ruth Isabel Ross: Nutty Brown Bread 50 g / 2 oz / 1/2 cup pinhead oatmeal* 175 g / 6 oz / 1 1/2 cups wheatenmeal (whole-wheat) flour 75 g / 3 oz / 3/4 cup white (all-purpose) flour 1/2 t./generous 1/2 t. US t. sugar 1 heaped tsp / 1 1/4 US tsp bread (baking) soda 280 ml / 1/2 pint / 1 1/4 c. buttermilk Put the oatmeal, flours, sugar and bread/baking soda into a bowl and sift with your fingers. Add the buttermilk. Mix everything with a wooden spoon. Knead slightly. Place the dough in a greased tin and bake at 200°C / 400°F / gas 6 for 30-35 minutes. Wrap the loaf in a clean tea towel/dish cloth to keep it from becoming hard. Do not cut it for a few hours but finish within 24 hours. *pinhead oatmeal is also known as Irish or Scottish oatmeal or steel-cut oats Irish "all-purpose white" is a soft wheat low-protein flour. So something like a bread flour or a typically high protein King Arthur flour would not yield pleasing results. White Lily or another soft southern flour like Weisenberger is a bit closer to the original. This article from The Atlantic provides some helpful insights on Irish flour: The Secret of the Irish Scone For the truly authentic, Irish flours can be purchased at the link. Carol

Just as sleeperblues shared, Aldi had a boxed mix, and it wouldn't surprise me if they move it to the clearance rack after this week - so get there fast if you want a boxed mix. Hubby's favorite is "Milo O'Sullivan's Currant-Nutmeg Soda Bread", but also manages to choke-down "Whole-Meal Irish Soda Bread". If St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday or Saturday, we have a hooley (party) and I bake at least 3 or 4 kinds of soda bread. Our favorite is a traditional Irish scone "Oat Farls" (that's an "L" between the r and s, not a "T" ;-) and are similar to Scottish oatcakes. Thankfully, I managed to adapt it to a gluten-free version and that's what we had for breakfast on St. Patrick's Day. This King Arthur Flour recipe is also a favorite, and easy to make - and are best made with currents, not raisins. This recipe is especially good if you are feeding a lot of people, and it keeps better than soda bread. "Irish Soda Bread Muffins" http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/irish-soda-bread-muffins-recipe

Hey all! Finally getting a chance to show these GF scones that I made on Thursday night. I decided to use 1 1/2 c GF flour and 1/2 cup almond flour. It was very sand like and I realized that there would be no way I could cut and move them. My solution was to use a small pastry ring (like a cookie cutter but round) placed on the baking sheet and gently press the dough in. I used my toaster convection oven, and after the first batch realized I forgot to add the sugar! I still had half the dough in the mixing bowl, so I added a small amount of sugar. Then I cooked the rest off. Then I lightly drizzled the glaze. Turns out the ones without the sugar were still DELICIOUS!! I brought some scones to Mike’s on Friday, his mom thought I bought them at a bakery :) She really enjoyed them! Next time I make them I plan to use zest of at least two lemons as I found one was too subtle. Overall I think they were a success and very tasty, all thanks to lots of butter and cream, lol! What a treat they were. I plan to make another batch of the dough since I have more cream on hand, but Irish Soda style since I miss it, I used to make the bread and scones several times a year. Typically I’d soak raisins in whiskey or amaretto, and add lots of caraway seeds. If I have dried cherries on hand they are great in it too. I like to mix up the flavors.