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Buttermilk & Fruit Scones
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Description
The following is a good basic buttermilk scone recipe to which I add chopped dried apricots or raisins (or a combination), plus chopped walnuts.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Flour
- ⅓ cups Sugar
- 1-½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoons Salt
- 6 Tablespoons Chilled, Unsalted Butter
- 1 cup Dried Apricots/raisins
- ⅓ cups Chopped Walnuts
- ⅔ cups Buttermilk
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1-½ teaspoon Vanilla
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Grease a large cookie sheet.
3. Mix the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl (flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt).
4. Add butter and rub with fingertips until mixture resembles fine meal.
5. Add the apricots and/or raisins and walnuts to the flour mixture.
6. Whisk buttermilk, eggs and vanilla in a medium bowl to blend.
7. Gradually add egg mixture to the flour and stir until moist clumps form.
8. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface.
9. Knead 4 times to blend.
10. Transfer dough to prepared cookie sheet.
11. Press dough into an 8″ round.
12. Using a small sharp knife, score dough into 8 wedges.
13. Bake until golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
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littleannie on 10.13.2009
Delicious! I made these scones with dates,coconut and almonds instead of the walnuts and apricots since that is what I had on hand. The mixture was a little too sticky/wet to knead so I skipped steps 8 and 9. Instead I mixed lightly until just combined, then scooped out about a half cup of batter for each scone onto parchment paper covered baking sheet. Perfect!