Apple Ginger Scones Food

APPLE-GINGER SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray. In medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; mix well. With pastry blender or fork, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in apple and ginger.
• Beat egg in small bowl. Stir in cream and lemon peel. Add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened.
• On floured surface, gently knead dough 5 or 6 times. Place dough on sprayed cookie sheet; press to form 8-inch round, about 1 inch thick. Cut into 8 wedges; separate wedges slightly.
• Bake at 400°F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown and center is set.
• In small bowl, combine powdered sugar and lemon juice; blend well. Drizzle warm scones with glaze. Serve warm.

APPLE SCONES WITH BLACKBERRY COMPOTE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip flour into a large bowl with butter then rub in using fingers until the mix looks like fine crumbs. Stir in sugar and cinnamon, add apple and give everything a mix.
• Pour in milk and stir it in quickly, then fold dough over 2-3 times until it's a little smoother. Tip onto a lightly floured surface; pat into a round about 3cm deep.
• Dip a 6cm cutter into some flour then cut out scones, flouring the cutter each time. Squash offcuts lightly back into a round and repeat until all dough is used up. Brush tops with a little milk then place on to a lightly floured baking sheet and bake for 18-20 mins until risen and golden. Allow to cool on the tray.
• To serve, split scones then spread with a dollop of clotted cream and a spoonful of blackberry compote.

APPLE AND OAT SCONES WITH CINNAMON AND NUTMEG

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Whisk together flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or rub in with your fingers. (The largest pieces should be the size of small peas.) With your fingertips, flatten butter pieces into small disks. Add apples and buttermilk, stirring until dough just comes together.
• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Pat dough into a 6-by-8-inch rectangle, and cut into twelve 2-by-2-inch squares with a floured knife. Place about 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Brush tops with buttermilk, and sprinkle with raw turbinado sugar and oats. Bake until golden brown, 20 to 22 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cool on sheets for 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

APPLE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Measure flour, sugar, b. powder, soda, and salt into large bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly.
• Add apple and milk. Stir to form soft dough.
• Turn out onto lightly floured board; knead gently 8 to 10 times. Pat into two 6-inch circles. Place on greased baking sheet.
• Brush tops with milk; sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Score each top into six pie-shaped wedges.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until browned and risen. Serve with warm butter and marmalade.
• Optional: Add 1/2 cup currants to batter.

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 SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 F.
• Prepare the dough: Prep the butter: use a sharp knife to cut butter into small sugar cube-sized squares. Then, place the butter in the freezer for about 5 minutes.
• While the butter is in the freezer, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a medium-sized mixing bowl.
• Remove butter from the freezer and add to the flour mixture.
• Using a pastry blender (or your hands), break the mixture down until you have a coarse meal with pea-sized butter bits.
• Stir in cold cream until the mixture becomes dough-like. The dough should be slightly crumbly. It may seem like there isn't enough liquid, but use the base of the mixing bowl to work the dough into a ball. It should be similar to chocolate chip cookie dough, if the dough sticks to your hands, add 1/4 cup additional flour. Ideally, work the dough minimally. You don't want the butter to begin to melt.
• Divide the dough into two equal halves. Form each half into a small disc, wrap with saran wrap, and chill for 20 minutes.
• Once the dough has chilled, remove from the refrigerator and remove plastic wrap. Working on a lightly floured non-stick surface (I use a silpat mat), roll each dough piece out so that it is 3/4"-1" thick, about 9" round.
• Place one of the rolled-out halves of dough onto a lined baking sheet, set the other half aside. Spread the apple pie filling over the top, leaving a slight lip on the outer edge (like pizza sauce).
• Place the other half of the dough directly on top of the apple pie filling. Use your fingers to press the layers together, trapping the apple pie filling inside like a pop-tart.
• Use a fork or knife to poke a few small holes in the top of the dough for air to escape as the scones bake. Now, chill the dough for 20 minutes, do not skip this step!
• Remove the dough from the refrigerator, use a basting brush to brush 1 tablespoon of milk over the top, and sprinkle with coarse sugar and cinnamon if desired.
• Bake at 400 F for 15 minutes.
• After 15 minutes, remove the scones from the oven. With a very sharp knife, slice the round into 8 triangular pieces (like a pizza).
• Most likely, the scones will not be completely baked through. Use a spatula to spread each scone out on the baking sheet, and continue to bake for about 10 more minutes or until fully baked through. The tops should be golden brown, and the bottom of the scones should not be dough-like.*If the tops of your scones begin to burn, cover them, and reduce the temperature of the oven to 350 F until they are fully baked.
• Once fully baked, remove from the oven and allow to cool completely, then drizzle with a cinnamon glaze, and enjoy!
• FOR THE GLAZE: Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Beat until combined.

APPLE PIE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
• Add the flour, baking powder, salt, spices, sugars, and butter to the bowl of a food processor and pulse together until the butter is broken up and only small pieces remain. The mixture will look crumbly.
• Slowly add in the milk, continuing to pulse until the dough comes together.
• Remove the dough from the food processor and fold in the apples by hand.
• Gently roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is about 1 inch thick. Cut out 6 scones with a 3 inch biscuit cutter.
• Place the scones on the prepared baking sheet and bake for about 20 minutes until risen and starting to turn slightly golden on top.
• Remove from the oven and allow the scones to cool before glazing.
• To make the glaze, whisk the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract together until smooth. Gently dip the scones into the glaze, and turn them over onto a rack and let the glaze harden.
• Sprinkle a little nutmeg on top of the glazed scones, if you like (I like.)

MOIST SPICED APPLE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees; spray a large cookie sheet with nonstick.
• cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt; mix well.
• Using a pastry blender or fork, cut in the margarine until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in the apples.
• In a small bowl, combine the applesauce, buttermilk and egg; mix well.
• Add to the dry ingredients; stir just until moistened.
• The dough will be sticky.
• Place the dough on the cookie sheet.
• With wet fingers, shape it into an 8-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick.
• In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over the top of the dough.
• With a sharp knife, score the top surface into 8 wedges, cutting about 1/4-inch deep.
• Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cut into wedges.
• Serve warm.
• Nutrition Analysis: 240 calories, 4g protein, 45g carbohydrate, 4g fat,.
• 27mg cholesterol, 170mg sodium, 2 g fiber.

APPLE CRANBERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Measure flour, sugar,baking powder,soda,and salt into a large bowl.
• Cut in butter until crumbly.
• Add shredded apple, cranberries 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.
• Brush tops with milk and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
• Cut each circle into six pie-shaped wedges.
• Place onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, or until browned.
• Serve warm with Butter.

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.

GINGER SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk flour, sugar, ginger, cardamom, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together until thoroughly combined. Grate in frozen butter using a box grater. Toss until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in chopped ginger.
• Whisk buttermilk, egg, and vanilla extract together in a small bowl or measuring cup until thoroughly combined. Add to dry ingredients and mix just until no dry clumps of flour remain; dough will be somewhat sticky.
• Turn dough out onto the prepared baking sheet. Gently press dough together into an even 7-inch circle. Lightly flour your hands if dough is too sticky to shape. Cut dough into 8 triangles using a bench scraper. Space scones 1 inch apart on the baking sheet.
• Whisk egg and water until combined. Gently brush the top of each scone with the egg wash. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until scones are lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring scones to a wire rack to cool completely.

APPLE CINNAMON SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F Grease a baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, 2 tbls sugar, baking powder, and 1 tsp cinnamon; mix well.
• With pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in apples and walnuts.
• In a small bowl, combine milk and egg yolk, blend well.
• Add milk/egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• On a lightly floured surface, gently knead dough several times.
• With floured rolling pin, roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness.
• Cut out scones with a 3-inch round cookie cutter.
• Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet.
• In another small bowl, beat egg white until foamy.
• Brush egg whites over tops of scones.
• Mix together the cinnamon and sugar for the topping and then sprinkle this over the scones.
• Bake for 20-22 minutes or until firm to the touch.
• Immediately remove from the baking sheet and serve warm.

CINNAMON-APPLE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into a mixing bowl and rub in butter. Add apples and 6 tablespoons brown sugar. Add 1/2 cup milk and work into a dough.
• Press into a 6- to 7-inch round on the prepared baking sheet. Brush with 1 tablespoon milk and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon brown sugar. Score into 8 segments without cutting all the way through.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 1 hour.

APPLE-GINGER SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Spray cooking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; mix well.
• Cut in butter with a pasty blender or a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in apple and ginger.
• Beat eggs in a small bowl.
• Stir in cream and lemon peel.
• Add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened.
• Gently knead dough 5 or 6 times on a lightly floured surface.
• Place dough on the prepared cookie sheet pressing into an 8 inch round about 1 inch thick.
• Cut into 8 wedges seperating slightly.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown and center is set.
• Glaze: Combine powdered sugar and lemon juice; blend well.
• Drizzle warm scones with glaze.
• Serve warm.