Utah Scones

(R Family Recipe)

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*when you think scones, don't think british scones. these are "utah scones" which are more like navajo fry bread.

1 cup scalded milk
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 packages yeast


in a small sauce pan, scald 1 cup milk.

at the same time, in a large mixing bowl, dissolve 2 packages of yeast to 1/2 cup warm water. after yeast is dissolved, add a pinch of sugar to yeast/water mix and let stand for 10 minutes. if the yeast doubles in size, then the yeast is active. if it does not double ...start again with a new package of yeast. (seems like i ALWAYS have to do that.)

to milk add 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 butter and then let the mixture cool for a bit. you don't want to add this mixture to the yeast while it is hot because it will kill the yeast.

when cool, add milk mixture to yeast mixture in large mixing bowl.

beat two eggs in a separate bowl and add beated eggs to mixture in the mixing bowl.

add 4 cups of flour and blend until smooth.

add additional flour until it loosens its stickiness and feels smooth.

place in a cold oven, covered with a towel and let rise (double in size) for about an hour and a half.

when mixture has doubled, remove from cold oven, pull pieces of dough and fry in hot vegetable oil.

*amazingly delicious with honey butter.