Stan's Scones
In Idaho and Utah, people call fried bread scones! This recipe is straight from this area and tastes amazing! Fried bread has a lot of names depending on where it comes from in the world but whatever you choose to call it, it's always good! Give this scones and honey butter a try, you'll not regret it!
Ingredients
- 1 cup Water Lukewarm
- 1 cup Milk Lukewarm
- 1 TBSP Yeast
- 1/4 cup Butter Melted
- 4 TBSP Sugar
- 5 cups Flour
- 2 tsp Salt
- Peanut Oil For Frying
Instructions
- In a mixer or large mixing bowl, blend 1 cup Water, 1 cup Milk, 4 TBSP Sugar, and 1 TBSP Yeast and blend together well. Let stand until it bubbles and looks frothy on top.
- Melt 1/4 cup Butter and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the 5 cups Flour and 2 tsp Salt together.
- When yeast mixture is ready, add in the melted butter and then slowly add the flour and salt mixture one cup at a time. Mix together until everything is mixed together well.
- Spray a large bowl with cooking spray and transfer dough into it. Cover with a damp dishcloth and put in warm place for the dough to rise. Let rise for about an hour or until the dough has almost doubled in size.
- Sprinkle extra flour onto a clean surface and dump out the dough onto the floured surface. Rub flour around your rolling pin and start to roll the dough out into a rectangle. Roll out to about ½” thick and then cut them into 3”x3” sized squares.
- Put about 1-2” of Peanut Oil in a cast iron pan and heat to about 320-330 degrees. Do not exceed 340 or you will burn the dough. The scones should float in the oil and not sit on the bottom of the pan while frying.
- Fry scones on each side until a light brown color and flip over and do the same on the other side. They will begin to puff up. Drain on a plate with paper towels.
- Serve warm with honey butter.