What is a scone?

Answer 1

It is kind of like a hard biscuit, but sweet.

Answer 2

1. Scone refers to the ancient Coronation chair of Scotland, taken from Scotland to London by Edward III, pledged by the British government to be returned in 1996.

2. A scone is also a small, thick biscuit, usually rich with cream and eggs, that is cut into diamond or stick-like shapes and baked in an oven or cooked on a griddle. The flour used is usually wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder acting as the leavening agent. Scones are believed to have originated in Scotland as a griddle-baked flatbread.

The word "scone" may be rooted in the Dutch word "schoonbrot" which means fine white bread. It is pronounced sk-own, as in "I own a scone." Interestingly, people in Britain routinely mispronounce it as sk-an, as in "I've done gawn and mispronounced 'scone'."

Traditional "English" scones are very biscuit-like with a minimum of extras like raisins in the batter. Therefore, they are ripe for topping with butter, jam or honey. Increasingly, scones in America contain a multitude of batter-extras like blueberries, chocolate and nuts. It's becoming difficult to find scones in bakeries and coffee shops that aren't glazed or frosted.

While information about the world's largest scone is sketchy at best, we do know that the town of Scone in New South Wales is one of the world’s largest thoroughbred horse breeding centers.

Answer 3

A yummy biscuit type bread.. lightly sweet and great with coffee.

Answer 4

Check the dictionary!

Answer 5

It's a biscuit. It's sweet and you have it with coffee or tea.

Answer 6

ohh.. a pastry... i thought it was some kind of fancy ice cream.

Answer 7

something you throw at the person you are mad at- they are as hard as a rock.

Answer 8

It is an english pastry........very yummy