Scones Made With Melted Butter
For baking purposes the butter is now a liquid fat comparable to vegetable oil providing the crumb with richness and softness but not contributing to its structure.
Scones made with melted butter. Ive done it with cookies but never with scones. Brush with melted butter then sprinkle with sugar. Melt your butter and set aside.
Melted butter behaves very differently from softened butter because both the crystalline fats and the softer fats are completely liquid. The butter has to remain solid while making the scones. It has a similar effect.
It can be purchased at most specialty food markets or made at home. Then gently stir in the COLD buttermilk quickly pat out the dough and cut your scones. In a separate bowl combine the flour salt sugar and baking powder.
Let cool on baking rack. Melt butter then set aside for at least 5 minutes to cool. Meanwhile melt remaining 4 Tbsp.
I have made scone will heavy cream and no butter at all. Almond butter can be directly substituted for butter in recipes. Add the pecans to the melted butter and cook them until they are fragrant.
Season to taste with whatever you like probably salt but maybe not if these are to be sweet croutons. Store airtight up to 24 hours or freeze up to 12 weeks. If you use the food processor or mixer pulse or run it until most of the butter is broken down to rice-size pieces.