Apple And Raisin Buttermilk Scones Food

APPLE SCONES

Steps:

• Measure flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt into a large bowl. Cut in butter or margarine until crumbly. Add shredded apple and milk. Stir to form a soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead gently 8 to 10 times. Pat into two 6-inch circles. Place on greased baking sheet. Brush tops with milk, and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Score each into 6 pie-shaped wedges.
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 15 minutes, or until browned and risen. Serve warm with butter.

APPLE AND RAISIN BUTTERMILK SCONES

Steps:

• 1. NOTE: Castor sugar is finer that US granulated sugar (regular table sugar), but not as fine as powdered sugar. You can make it by putting regular sugar in a food processor for a few moments.
• 2. Mix all dry ingredients together in a very large bowl.
• 3. Add eggs, buttermilk, butter and fruit. Lightly knead into a dough-like consistency.
• 4. Roll out to 1 inch thickness and cut with a fluted cutter. Bake at 340F for 10-12 minutes.
• 5. My note: I think you could easily use any type of dried fruit in place of the raisins. The hotel we stayed at had really great fruit scones. I think dried apricots, dried cherries, golden raisins or a mix of any of these.

APPLE CINNAMON SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (204 degrees C), with racks in the upper and lower thirds. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add the butter and toss to coat the cubes with flour. Cut the butter into the flour by rubbing it between your forefingers and thumbs until the butter pieces are between the size of peas and walnut halves. Add the chopped apples and toss gently to combine.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the cream. Toss the mixture with your fingers to combine, then knead gently to ensure everything is evenly moistened.
• Scoop 1/4-cup mounds of the dough onto the prepared baking sheets (I do this by hand because I like them to look craggy, but you can use a No. 16 (1/4-cup scoop)), leaving at least 1 1/2 inches between them. Brush the tops of the scones with the egg wash and sprinkle generously with turbinado sugar.
• Bake the scones, switching the sheets from front to back and top to bottom at the halfway mark, for 20 to 22 minutes, until the tops and edges are golden brown. The scones can be served warm or at room temperature.

APPLE RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 deg F.
• Mix together dry ingredients.
• Cut in shortening as you would for a pie crust.
• Stir in apples and raisins.
• Add enough juice to make a stiff dough.
• On floured surface, roll dough about 1/2" thick.Apprx. 8 in circle.
• Cut into triangles and bake on cookie sheet for 20-25 minutes, or until light brown.
• Remove from oven and dust with 1 TBsp confectioners sugar.
• Let cool.
• Separte triangles.

APPLE BUTTERMILK SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
• Quickly shred butter into the flour mixture. Using a fork, gently work butter into the flour until it is the consistency of coarse crumbs.
• Whisk buttermilk and egg together in a small bowl and pour over the flour mixture. Use a spatula to combine until just moist. Gently fold in chopped apples, using your hands if necessary, until it just comes together. Do not over mix the dough.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, divide in half, and pat each half into a 5-inch circle. Using a bench scraper or knife coated with cooking spray, cut into 6 wedges. Place wedges, not touching, on the prepared cookie sheet
• Bake in the preheated oven until light golden brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool, about 30 minutes.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar, maple syrup, and cinnamon together until a smooth glaze forms. Drizzle over scones and garnish with grated nutmeg.

APPLE AND GRANOLA SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• Add the butter to the flour mixture and rub it in with your fingertips, working until mixture is sandy and the butter seems fairly evenly distributed, with a few larger bits, but none larger than a pea.
• Stir in 1/2 cup buttermilk (reserving the rest), the apple and the granola. Add the remaining buttermilk 1 tbsp at a time until the dough comes together into a ball. It should not be too sticky, nor should it be floury. Add back an additional tablespoon of flour if your dough becomes too wet.
• Divide ball into two equal discs about 1-inch thick and cut each disc into quarters. Place triangular scones on a parchment-lined baking sheet and sprinkle with brown sugar.
• Bake for about 20 minutes at 400F until light golden brown. The bottoms should be browned.
• Cool on a wire rack for at least 5-10 minutes before serving. Scones can be eaten warm or at room temperature.

BUTTERMILK APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Spray muffin tins with Pam.
• Set aside.
• Combine 1/4 cup brown sugar, pecans and 1/2 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and remaining 1/2 tsp cinnamon.
• Set aside.
• Blend remaining 3/4 cup brown sugar, buttermilk, oil, egg and vanilla in a large bowl.
• Add dry ingredients, mixing just until barely blended.
• Add apples and stir to combine.
• Divide batter into 12 miffin tins.
• Sprinkle nut mixture evenly over top of muffins.
• Bake in preheated 325F degree oven for about 20 minutes.

BEST BUTTERMILK RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In large bowl mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar and salt.
• Cut in margarine with pastry cutter till crumbly.
• Add buttermilk and raisins and mix. Batter should be stiff but not dry.
• Drop by large rounded spoonfuls onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle tops of scones with sugar.
• Bake 15 minutes till golden brown.
• Serve with strawberry jam and devonshire cream.
• Recipe may be doubled.

BUTTERMILK RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 330 degrees F.
• Grease large cookie sheet.
• Mix first 5 ingredients in large bowl.
• Add butter and rub with fingertips until mixture resembles fine meal.
• Whisk buttermilk, eggs and vanilla in medium bowl to blend.
• Gradually add to flour mixture along with raisins and stir until moist clumps form.
• Turn dough out onto lightly-floured surface.
• Knead 4 times to blend.
• Transfer to prepared cookie sheet and press into 8 inch round.
• Using small, sharp knife, score dough into 8 wedges.
• Bake until golden-brown and tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• Cool slightly.
• Re-cut.

RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine dry ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in raisins and buttermilk just until moistened. Turn onto a floured surface; knead gently 6-8 times. Pat into an 8-in. circle and cut into 12 wedges. Place 1 in. apart on a greased baking sheet. Beat egg white until foamy; brush over scones. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 425° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.