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Default Scones : What should the texture be?

On Thu, 13 May 2010 16:25:29 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:

> In article > ,
> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> Ranee at Arabian Knits wrote:
>>> In article >, Arri London >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Scones shouldn't be as soft and doughy as the average American biscuit;
>>>
>>> I've never had soft and doughy biscuits unless they came from a can.
>>> Homemade biscuits are flaky.
>>>

>>
>> It depends on how you bake them. If you set them on a baking sheet so
>> they are nor touching they will be flaky. If you lay them out so they
>> are touching each other they will be doughy instead of flaky.

>
> Are there people who like them doughy? I cannot imagine. It's one
> of the reasons I don't like the canned ones.


the times i've made bazooka biscuits they seemed flaky enough. if i were
to think 'doughy,' i'd think drop biscuits or bisquick.

your pal,
blake