I am still in a scone-y mood, which I find surprising since I have never enjoyed the scones you can buy in coffee shops. Similar to hockey pucks or compressed hard tack, to me, they’ve always held the appeal of a urinal cake.

But! Since I have started cooking, I’ve learned I like all sorts of things I have never enjoyed when store bought. So, I started experimenting with scones.

And. I. Love. Them!

We’ll do sweet scones first. Then we’ll move on to savory. Mmmm…

How to make Candied Ginger, Apricot & Cranberry Scones:

2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup cold butter, cut into 1/4 inch squares
1/4 cup dried apricots, chopped
1/4 cup dried candied ginger, chopped
1/2 cup fresh cranberries
1 cup heavy cream, 2 Tbsp reserved (water or milk works just fine)

Mix the first 4 ingredients in a bowl, pour into the food processor.

Using the pastry blade, combine the chilled butter with dry ingredients until the dough clumps into pea-sized balls.

Add 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream.

Blend until well combined.

Add in ginger, apricots, and cranberries, mix well.

Remove dough from food processor, and form dough into a circle on a Silpat or lightly greased pan.

Using a large knife, cut the dough into 8 wedges.

Arrange wedges on Silpat, about 2 inches apart.

Brush the tops of the wedges with the remaining heavy cream.

Bake at 450 degrees for 13-15 minutes.

Enjoy!


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Larissa blogs at The Henway.


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