Cherry Scones Food

CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Put the flour, ½ tsp salt, bicarb and butter into a bowl and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in the sugar.
• Quickly mix in the buttermilk, a splash of milk, vanilla and cherries and bring together to form a soft dough. Press out onto a lightly floured surface, to about 3cm thick. Cut out with 5cm cutters.
• Transfer to a lightly floured baking sheet, brush with the remaining milk and bake for 12-15 mins until golden and well risen. Serve with clotted cream and jam.

GLACE CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 425f 220c.
• Sift flour into a bowl.
• Rub butter into flour.
• Mix in sugar and salt and cherrys.
• Add milk a little at a time and mix with a knife.
• Make sure you don't over mix or your scones will be hard.
• when your mix is ready it should be moist and not too dry turn out dough on floured surface and roll out to 2cm thick, I don't use a rolling pin I just shape with my hands and use a 4cm pastry cutter.
• Place the scones on a greased baking sheet.
• brush with a little milk.
• Bake in oven for 12-15 mins untill med brown.
• Enjoy with a nice cup of tea.

CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat; set aside.
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Add butter and pulse 3 to 6 times until mixture resembles a coarse meal. Transfer mixture to a large bowl; stir in cherries and lemon zest.
• In a small bowl, beat together egg and cream. Add to flour mixture; stir gently with a fork until mixture just comes together. If dough seems too dry, add a splash of cream; mixture should not be too sticky.
• Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface. Shape dough into a 6-inch circle, about 1 inch thick. Using a sharp knife, cut dough into 8 equal wedges. Place scones on prepared baking sheet; lightly brush tops with heavy cream and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes.
• Let cool slightly on baking sheet before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. Scones are best eaten the day they are made.

CHERRY SCONES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 240 degrees Celsius/ 460 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
• Stone and chop the cherries. Set aside.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt in a wide bowl. Lightly stir in the sugar.
• Cut the butter into cubes and rub them into the flour mixture with your fingertips until the mixture resembles crumbs. Stir in the chopped cherries.
• You will need about 1 ½ egg for the dough and ½ egg for the egg wash. Break one egg in a cup. Whisk lightly. Pour ½ of the egg into another bowl. Set the cup with the remaining egg aside.Add the second egg to the half egg in the bowl. Add the milk and whisk together.
• Combine: Pour the egg-milk mixture into the flour mixture. Stir to mix with a spoon. The dough will be rather soft.
• Cut scones: Turn the dough onto a floured surface and shape with your hands into a round shape, about 22 cm/ 8.7 inches diameter and 2,5 cm/ 1 inch thick. Cut into 8 triangles, flouring the knife, if necessary.
• Brush: Transfer the scones to the prepared baking tray and brush them with the remaining egg in the bowl. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
• Bake for about 12 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.

CHERRY CREAM SCONES

Steps:

• Soak cherries in water for 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cream of tartar. With a pastry blender, cut in the butter. Set aside. , Preheat oven to 400°. In a small bowl, combine egg yolk, sour cream, cream and extract. Add to flour mixture; stir until a soft dough forms. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently six to eight times. Knead in cherries. , Divide dough in half and shape into balls. Roll each ball into a 6-in. circle. Cut into six wedges. Repeat with remaining ball. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Beat the egg white until foamy; brush tops of scones and sprinkle with sugar. , Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

SOUR CREAM CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Place all topping ingredients in bowl; mix well. Set aside.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in another bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Combine sour cream, egg and almond extract in another bowl; mix until smooth. Stir into flour mixture just until moistened. Stir in cherries.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead 8-10 times until smooth, adding small amount of flour, if necessary.
• Divide dough in half. Pat each half into 7-inch circle. Place, 2 inches apart, onto large ungreased baking sheet. Sprinkle topping evenly over dough. Score each half into 8 wedges; do not separate. Bake 25-30 minutes or until scones are lightly browned. Cool 15 minutes; separate scones.
• Store leftover scones in airtight container at room temperature.

FRESH CHERRY SCONE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Blend flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Cut in cold butter with pastry cutter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add in heavy cream, egg, vanilla extract. Mix until all combined.
• Gently stir in cherries until they are barely incorporated.
• Darker cherries that are overmixed with turn the dough blueish, so just fold them.
• If your cherries are soft and not firm, freeze them for 10 minutes so they mix easier.
• Place dough into a greased cast iron scone pan (the scones don't get as crisp in the cast iron but they taste great) I have pre-heated my cast iron and tried it also and the timing was about 15 minutes, but they still didn't get a crisp edge.
• Alternatively, I like to GENTLY knead out on the dough on a lightly floured surface. Use extra flour if dough is sticky.
• Knead may be to strong of a word for these fruit scones, GENTLY FOLD the dough over twice to combine it on a well-floured surface.
• Bake scones on a parchment lined baking sheet for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

DRIED CHERRY ALMOND SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, lemon zest, salt and cinnamon. Add in the butter and rub with your fingers into the dry ingredients until a coarse meal forms. Add in the cherries and almonds. Add the heavy cream and combine it into the butter flour mixture.
• Form the dough into a 1-inch thick disk and cut it into 6 wedges. Sprinkle each wedge generously with the turbinado sugar. Transfer the wedges to a parchment-lined sheet pan and bake in the preheated oven for 17 to 18 minutes, turning the pan halfway through. Serve warm with Honey Butter.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, add all ingredients and whip on high speed until the cream starts to clump and turn light yellow. Continue mixing as butter forms and the buttermilk begins to separate out. Scrape sides and continue mixing until mixture is one lump of butter. Place butter into a clean container or serving dish and store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

CHERRY & ALMOND SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C Fan/Gas mark 7 and place a baking tray in the oven.
• In a large bowl place the flour, salt and baking powder and mix through. Add the butter and rub in with your fingers until the mix looks like fine crumbs. Stir in the ground almonds and caster sugar.
• Put the milk into a jug and heat in the microwave for about 30 secs until warm, but not hot. Now add the lemon juice and almond essence, set aside.
• Make a well in the dry mix, then add the milk mixture and combine it quickly with a cutlery knife. Now add the cherries and combine. Scatter some flour onto the work surface and tip the dough out. Dredge the dough and your hands with a little more flour, then fold the dough over 2-3 times until it's a little smoother. Pat into a round about 4cm deep.
• Use a 5cm smooth cutter dipped in flour to stamp out rounds and repeat. You may need to press what's left of the dough back into a round to cut out more scones. Brush the tops with a beaten egg, then carefully place onto the hot baking tray.
• Bake for 10 minutes until well risen and golden. Serve warm or cold on the day of baking, generously topped with lashings of jam and clotted cream. Enjoy!

CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Cut frozen grated butter into the flour mixture until well combined.
• Combine egg, buttermilk and vanilla, and mix into the dry ingredients until dough forms.
• Fold in the chopped cherries.
• Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface.
• Knead lightly and shape into a 10-inch circle.
• Cut into wedges place on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 16 to 19 minutes or until golden brown.
• Dust with powdered sugar.
• Serve warm.

ROYAL CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place a baking sheet in the oven to warm.
• Rub 1/4 cup butter into flour in a bowl until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Stir in sugar. Stir cherries into flour mixture until evenly distributed; mix in wheat germ.
• Mix milk into dough and knead lightly until just smooth. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to approximately 3/4-inch thickness. Stamp out crescent shapes using a 2 1/2-inch fluted cutter, kneading, re-rolling, and cutting dough until it is all used up.
• Place scones on the preheated baking sheet; brush tops with 2 tablespoons milk.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Serve immediately; split scones and spread with remaining butter.

THE BISTRO'S CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cut butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles a coarse meal.
• Add cherries and chips and mix well.
• Make a well in center of mixture and pour in yogurt (or buttermilk).
• Mix ingredients into a soft, slightly wet dough.
• Cut dough in half.
• Take half of dough and turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface. Shape into a ball and roll to a circle roughly 1/2 - 3/4 inch thick.
• Cut into 8 wedges. Place each wedge onto a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Repeat with other half of dough.
• Sprinkle wedges with turbinado sugar.
• Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C fan/ gas mark 7/ 425°F
• Grease the baking tray with a little butter or use a liner (which you don't need to grease)
• Sift a little flour onto your worktop or rolling out mat
• Roughly chop the cherries into quarters
• Mix the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Grate the butter into the mixture and rub it in with your fingertipsTo rub in, have your palms up and move your thumbs over fingers from the little fingers inwards
• Stir in the sugar and cherries. Add the milk and combine to make a smooth dough. Use a knife and then your hands
• Transfer the dough to the floured surface and pat with your hand to make a level top, at least 2cm thick
• Cut out the scones and move to the baking sheet. Pull the remaining dough together and repeat until all the dough is used
• Brush the tops of the scones with milk or sprinkle with a little flour
• Cook for 12-15 minutes until golden. Cool on a wire rack
• Serve with butter.

DRIED CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Combine 1/2 cup of dried cherries (or other dried fruit) with 2 tablespoons brandy or apricot nectar.
• Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Combine dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, baking powder).
• Cut the shortening into the dry ingredients well.
• Add pecans.
• Make a 'hole' in the center of the dried mixture.
• Stir together well beaten egg and half-and-half.
• Add egg and fruit mixtures to dry ingredients all at once.
• Using a fork, stir just until moistened.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface.
• Knead for 12 to 15 strokes.
• Form dough into a 7 inch circle, and cut into 8 wedges.
• Place scones 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Brush tops with 1 tbsp half-and-half, sprinkle with 2 tsp sugar.
• Bake in a 400 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
• Serve warm with maple-nut butter posted on this site, if desired.

DRIED CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven: 325 degrees F.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter with pastry blender. Combine wet ingredients and mix into dry just until moistened. Add cherries. Mixture will be very sticky. Turn onto floured surface and knead 4 to 5 times with floured hands. Pat out to 1/2-inch thick and cut circles. Brush tops with egg wash. Sprinkle tops with sugar and sliced almonds. Place on greased baking sheet. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.

CHERRY ALMOND SCONE RECIPE

Steps:

• Dice a stick of butter and place back in the refrigerator.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• In a small mixing bowl, beat together the egg, whipping cream, and almond extract. Set aside.
• Remove the butter from the refrigerato,r and using a pastry blender, cut it into the flour mixture. (You will have small chunks of butter. That's fine.)
• Pour the whipping cream mixture into the flour/butter mixture.
• Stir with a large spatula until the liquid is incorporated into the flour.
• Add the dried cherries & almonds, and mix one more time.
• Put the dough out onto a cutting board that's sprinkled with a little flour.
• Using your hands, mold the dough together, and begin shaping into a disc.
• Use a rolling pin to flatten the disc so it measures 8 to 9 inches in diameter.
• With a large sharp knife, cut the disc into eight sections.
• Place the sections on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, at least 2 inches apart.
• Refrigerate the cookie sheet for 30 minutes.
• When the refrigeration time is almost over, preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
• Remove the scones from the refrigerator. Brush with more whipping cream, and sprinkle with sanding sugar if desired.
• Place the cold cookie sheet in the oven.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, watching closely at the end. Scones should be golden around the edges.
• Remove to a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CHERRY CREAM SCONES

Steps:

• Cut two 10-inch circles of parchment or waxed paper; Use one to line a 10-inch round cake pan; Reserve the second piece.
• Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together into a mixing bowl; Make a well in the center of the flour mixture; Add one cup of dried cherries to the dry ingredients just before blending in the cream.
• Add the cream to the flour mixture and stir by hand just until the batter is evenly moistened.
• Place the dough into the lined cake pan and press into an even layer; Cover the dough with the second parchment paper circle; Freeze the dough until very firm, at least 12 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F; Prepare a baking sheet by spraying it lightly with cooking spray or lining with parchment paper.
• Thaw the dough for 5 minutes at room temperature; turn it out of the cake pan onto a cutting board; Cut the dough into 10 equal wedges and place them on the baking sheet about 2-inches apart;
• Mix the milk and confectioners' sugar together to make a glaze and set aside.
• Bake the scones until golden brown, 30-40 minutes; Cool them on the baking sheet for a few minutes then transfer to cooling racks; spoon glaze over the scones while they are still warm.
• Serve the scones warm or at room temperature; Serve baked scones the same day they are made or freeze for up to 4 weeks.

CHERRY-CITRUS SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Work the butter into the flour mixture with your fingers until it resembles a coarse meal. Stir in the cherries and orange zest.
• Beat together 1 of the eggs and 4 tablespoons of the heavy cream in a small bowl. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and mix with a fork until the dough just comes together. If the dough seems dry, add the remaining 1 tablespoon heavy cream.
• Dust a work surface with flour. Turn the dough out onto the floured surface. Pat into a disk about 7 inches wide and about 1/2 inch thick. Cut out rounds using a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter. Gather and reroll the scraps and repeat. Place the scones on the prepared baking sheet. Beat the remaining egg in a small bowl. Brush the scones with the egg. Bake until golden brown, about 14 minutes.

DRIED-CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle.
• Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Scatter butter on top and blend with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in dried cherries.
• Whisk together egg and cream in a small bowl, then fold into flour mixture until dough just comes together (dough will be quite delicate).
• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. With floured hands, press into a 1-inch-thick rectangle. Cut out rounds with cutter and arrange 2 inches apart on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet. Gather scraps together and cut out additional scones.
• Brush tops of scones with cream and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Bake scones, rotating baking sheet halfway through, until tops are golden, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool on a rack about 10 minutes before serving.

CHERRY SCONES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400°. Line baking sheeet with parchment paper.
• 2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• 3. Cut butter in with a pastry blender until mixture forms coarse crumbs.
• 4. Mix in dried fruit and nuts.
• 5. Add egg and buttermilk. Stir just until mixture holds together. Dough will be sticky. (If too dry, add another tablespoon of buttermilk)
• 6. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead about 8-10 times. Pat into about a 9-in circle. Cut into 8-12 wedges.
• 7. Place on parchment lined baking sheet and bake 12 - 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to rack to cool.