Apricot Walnut Scones Food

GLUTEN-FREE APRICOT-WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees, with a rack in the middle. Grease a muffin tin.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar and salt.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk and oil until well combined; add to the dry ingredients, using a rubber spatula to mix until the batter is almost fully incorporated. Add the apricots and walnuts and mix until all traces of flour are gone.
• Fill muffin tins 3/4 full. Bake until golden brown, the top is firm to the touch, and a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Turn the tin around halfway through. Cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife along the edges of the muffins and unmold. Finish cooling muffins on a rack.

APRICOT SCONES

Steps:

• For Devonshire cream, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Gradually beat in enough cream to achieve a spreading consistency. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours. , For scones, combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add the apricots, pecans and orange zest. With a fork, rapidly stir in 1 cup whipping cream just until moistened. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead 5-6 times. Divide in half; shape each into a ball. Flatten each ball into a 6-in. circle; cut each circle into eight wedges. Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Brush with remaining whipping cream., Bake at 375° for 13-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm with Devonshire cream and jam.

APRICOT AND SALAMI SCONES

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with vegetable oil cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a food processor, combine the scone mix and butter. Pulse until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and add the apricots, salami, and thyme. Add the buttermilk and mix until a sticky dough forms. Place 1/3 cupfuls of the dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake until the tops start to brown slightly, 16 to 18 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool, about 20 minutes.

EASY SWEET APRICOT SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 220c/400F/Gas mark 7 and line a large baking sheet with baking parchment or a silicon mat.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, ground almonds and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the butter to the dry ingredients if using your fingertips quickly rub it in until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Or add the grated butter, if you popped it in the freezer beforehand.
• Fold in the chopped apricots.
• Add in the beaten egg, almond extract and half of the milk. Then fold everything together using a round ended knife. Gradually add the remaining milk until you have a soft dough. You may not need all of the milk.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and briefly knead to bring it all together.
• Pat out or roll until the dough is about 3 centimetres thick. Using a 7 centimetre round cutter, stamp out your scones and place them on your baking sheet, brushing the tops with a little milk.
• Bake in the centre of your oven for 15-20 minutes until golden.
• Transfer to a wire rack to fully cool down.
• Scones are best eaten on the day of baking but kept in an airtight tin they should keep well for 3 days.

APRICOT-CITRUS SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Butter a baking sheet.
• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• Using your fingertips or a pastry blender, blend the butter into the dry ingredients, until the mixture becomes crumbly.
• Add the orange zest, apricots and pecans and toss to combine.
• Stir in the buttermilk until the dough is rough and shaggy.
• Gather the dough together and place on a liberally floured work surface.
• Gently knead about 10 times.
• Divide the dough in half and pat each piece into a circle about 7 inches in diameter and 1/2 inch thick.
• Glaze each by brushing with cream and sprinkling on sugar.
• Cut each round into eight pie-shaped wedges.
• Place the scones, barely touching, on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake 15-18 minutes, until puffy and golden.

MAPLE GLAZED MAPLE WALNUT SCONES

Steps:

• Using a food processor, place flour, oats, salt, baking powder, baking soda and sugars into bowl of processor. Pulse briefly to combine. While motor is running, drop in chunks of cold butter. Now throw in the toasted, but cooled walnuts, and briefly pulse.
• In a measuring cup, lightly beat the egg, then add the maple syrup and extracts. Then add enough cold buttermilk to bring the liquid to one cup. (You may not need all the buttermilk. But here in Colorado where it is very dry, I sometimes use it all.) With motor running, pour the liquid slowly into the bowl of the processor until mixture starts to form a wet, moist ball. Once mixture has formed a ball, stop adding buttermilk! You may need to scrape some of the dough off of the sides of the ball using floured hands.
• On a well floured counter, scrape out the wet dough and bring together with floured hands into a large round or square, flouring both sides well. If you need to add a bit more flour, feel free because it is important to get the right consistency.
• Divide in two and using your hands pat each into a 6-8″ disc. These should be thick. Thin scones become crispy and no one likes a crispy dry scone! Cut each round into 6 or 8 triangles.
• Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a Silpat and chill dough for about 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400. Place baking sheet in oven and bake for about 18-20 minutes until scones are lightly browned and firm on top.
• While scones are baking, prepare glaze.
• Combine powdered sugar, maple extract and syrup and mix together with a whisk. Stir in 1 T of milk or cream at a time, until glaze is of a drizzling or spreadable consistency.
• Let scones cool and drizzle away! Garnish with a few extra walnuts if you'd like.

DRIED APRICOT SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425degrees. Use an ungreased baking sheet. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a bowl, stirring with a fork to mix well. Add the dried fruit. Still using a fork, stir in the cream and mix until the dough holds together in a rough mass (the dough will be quite sticky). Lightly flour a board and transfer the dough to it. Knead the dough 8 or 9 times. Pat into a circle about 10 inches round. For the glaze, spread the butter over the top and side of the circle of dough and sprinkle sugar on top. Cut circle into 12 wedges and place each piece on the baking sheet, allowing 1-inch between pieces. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.;\

DATE AND WALNUT SCONES

Steps:

• Place the flour in a bowl with the baking powder and mixed spice, stir until well mixed, rub in the butter (or whizz in a food processor).
• Stir in the sugar, dates, walnuts and sugar.
• Pour the milk into a well in the middle of the flour and mix with a palette knife to a soft dough. You may not need it all, add gradually until you have a soft but not a wet dough
• Roll out the dough and using a cutter, cut out 8 scones, re-rolling the dough if necessary. Place on a baking sheet, brush the tops with milk and sprinkle with demerara sugar.
• Bake in the oven at 220C for about 18 minutes until well risen and golden brown, Cool on a wire rack.

APRICOT, CHOCOLATE, AND WALNUT SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Cut the butter into small cubes and sprinkle them over the flour mixture, then cut the butter with a pastry cutter or two knives until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• In a small bowl, combine cream, egg, and vanilla.
• Add the cream mixture to the flour mixture and knead until well combined.
• Knead in the dark chocolate, walnuts, and apricots until thoroughly incorporated.
• Lightly dust a work surface with flour, then pat the dough out to the thickness of about 5/8 inch.
• Use a 3 1/4-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut the dough into heart-shapes, gathering the scraps and repeating until all the dough has been used (This will make about 9 hearts).
• Transfer dough hearts to an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes, until tops are lightly browned.
• Remove the baking sheet to a wire rack and allow to cool for 5 minutes, then use a spatula to remove scones from sheet and transfer them to a wire rack.
• May be served warm or cooled.