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Apple Scones

I have to amend the preceeding: I don't make apple scones in June -- my purveyor tells me that's the month the Grannies have been sitting too long in the warehouse.

Courses: Breads
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

4 tablespoons 60mlCold butter - (1/2 stick)
1 1/2 cups 93g / 3.3ozAll-purpose flour
1/2 cup 118mlWheat germ
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozSugar
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlCinnamon
1 tablespoon 15mlBaking powder
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlBaking soda
2   Eggs - (1 for glazing)
1/2 cup 118mlButtermilk
1   Granny Smith apple - peeled, and
  Cut into 1/2" cubes -(abt 1 cup)

Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Cut the butter into small (1/4-inch) chunks, rewrap it in the paper, and return it to the refrigerator.  Combine the dry ingredients.  Beat 1 egg and combine it with the buttermilk.

Thread the butter though the dry ingredients with thumb and fingers, getting it to a gravelly texture. Comb the buttermilk-egg mixture into the butter-flour "gravel" then add the apple cubes, blending through the batter just enough to be able to make two equal sized balls.

Flatten the balls to 2 disks 5 to 6 inches in diameter. Now "pizza-slice" each disk into four sections. Put the scones on an ungreased cookie sheet. Beat the second egg and brush it on the scones as a glaze. Bake for 20 minutes, until golden brown.

Source:
""The Good Enough to Eat Breakfast Cookbook" by Carrie Levin"

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