But they're also really big and the top of them is hidden in a layer of pure sugar. I made a mental note to make my own and that note got pushed into the "maybe one day, I don't know, not right now, maybe next week" file.
A few weeks ago I finally gave it a try...
Cherry Almond Scones
(makes four)
-1 cup all-purpose flour
-1/4 cup sugar (or slightly less)
-4 tablespoons chilled butter
-3 teaspoons water
-2 teaspoons oil
-4 tablespoons milk
-Dried cherries
-Slivered almonds
In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, and a dash of salt. With your fingers, crumble in butter and mix until crumbly and well incorporated. Stir in cherries and almonds.
In a separate small bowl or liquid measuring cup, combine water, oil, milk and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder. Add to flour mixture and stir just until moistened.
Grease a small ramekin and form the dough into a ball, lightly press into ramekin. Spread top of dough with butter and sprinkle a little extra sugar-- sugar in the raw adds a nice little crunch.
They were tasty but something was off. I decided that they'd probably make really great biscuits so one night, I omitted the almonds and cherries and made biscuits! We had them with beef tips and brown rice and they were fantastic, if I do say so myself. My only warning with either recipe is that they are very crumbly. With the final scone, I put a little butter on it, mashed it up, and ate it sort of like a cobbler.
On second thought, that's not really a problem.
1 comment:
I haven't ever made a scone.
I've only had them once. At the Puyallup fair in Washington, when my neighbors and close friends took me. Apparently the scones were a huge part of their fair experience, and I had never even tried them, so they insisted on buying me a bag. THEY WERE AMAZING. I remember the warm gooey jam like filling.
I should look up some gluten free recipes for raspberry scones. The triangle shaped ones.
I wish you were gluten free, haha.
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