Originally Posted by
gaobest
Coffee, iced water, and I baked corn cherry scones. They didn’t rise and I fear it’s because I didn’t pack them well on the baking tray. Or because I added fresh corn that I had sliced off corn cobs earlier in the week. Or because I used only whole milk instead of half and half for the buttermilk.
appearances aside, they’re delicious. They just look like big cookies.
Buttermilk has acid in it which causes a chemical reaction with the other ingredients. If you want to sub regular milk you need to add vinegar to it (google will tell you how much). And most buttermilk is low fat so no reason to be using half and half or whole milk.
Why not try these drop biscuits...much easier and you can use most other fruits and add corn or cornmeal.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/...-drop-biscuits