Coffee Banana Scones Food

BANANA SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and ginger. Cut butter into a few chunks and rub it into the flour mixture with your fingertips.
• Mix milk and vanilla in a small glass. Pour about 4 tablespoons into the flour mixture and stir until the mixture starts to come together. Add the banana chunks and continue to stir, adding more milk if necessary, until dough comes together.
• Pat dough into a disk about 1 inch thick. Cut into four sections with a knife and place each on baking sheet.
• Bake at 400F for 17-20 minutes, until light gold.
• Cool on wire rack or eat warm. These scones are best the day they are made.

BANANA COFFEE MORNING SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 and lightly grease a baking sheet. In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• Using a pastry blender or 2 forks cut in bitter until mixture looks like bread crumbs.
• In a small bowl whisk together bananas, milk, coffee and vanilla. Add to the dry mixture gently to make a slightly wet dough.
• Turn dough out on a lightly floured counter and kneed gently for 30 seconds forming it into a round flat disk. With a rolling pin roll dough to a 1/2 inch thickness.
• Cut into evenly sized traingles cut like you would a pie and place on baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes or until browned and the scones sound hollow when topped.

BANANA CREAM SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Combine first 7 ingredients in a bowl.
• Add the butter and cut in with pastry blender until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Mash the bananas, add heavy cream and mix well.
• Combine with flour mixture thoroughly to make soft dough (don't overmix).
• If dough is sticky, add a little more flour. If dry, add a little more cream.
• Knead briefly on a lightly floured surface and then make dough 1/2-inch thick.
• Cut into rounds using a 3-1/2-inch cutter; brush tops with melted butter.
• Sprinkle generously with the 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1 cup sugar combined.
• Place scones at least 2 inches apart on non-stick baking sheet.
• Bake in center of oven about 13-15 minutes, or until bottoms are browned.
• Serve warm with butter or jam.

BANANA-TOFFEE DROP SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Spray 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir Bisquick mix, toffee bits, 1/4 cup sugar, the whipping cream, vanilla, egg and bananas until soft dough forms.
• Drop dough by 10 heaping tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets (5 per cookie sheet). Brush tops with milk; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar. Refrigerate second cookie sheet while first cookie sheet bakes.
• Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

COFFEE BANANA SCONES

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• In separate bowl, combine banana, milk, coffee and vanilla; add to dry mixture, stirring lightly to make a moist dough.
• On lightly floured board, knead dough lightly for about 30 seconds.
• Roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness; cut into 3 inch rounds and place on lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake in 425 F oven for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Makes about 10 scones.

BANANA NUT SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400.
• Mix dry ingredients together (oatmeal, flours, baking powder, cinnamon). Stir oil into dry ingredients well. Add cinnamon chips and walnuts and stir. In a clear measuring cup, add mashed banana, milk to 3/4 cup (banana plus milk should equal 3/4 cup), and vanilla. Combine wet and dry ingredients; stir until the dry ingredients are damp.
• Drop dough onto parchment paper lined or greased baking sheet, and form into a 5" diameter circle. Cut into four triangles - it's ok to leave them in a circle. Sprinkle with oats and sugar.
• Bake at 400 for 20 minutes, until lightly browned.

BANANA NUT SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. While oven preheats, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In the bowl of a food processor (or large bowl if making by hand), combine all dry ingredients. Add cold butter to processor; pulse to cut in butter (or use hand-held pastry cutter). Process until mixture is crumbly and butter is about the size of peas.
• In separate bowl, mix mashed banana, milk (or heavy cream), and egg; Mix until well blended. Add banana mixture to dry ingredients; pulse till dough comes together in a "shaggy" looking ball (If mixing by hand, stir till you have a "shaggy" looking dough ball). Turn dough ball onto a floured work surface; mix in nuts till blended.
• With floured hands (sprinkle a bit more flour on dough, cause dough is sticky), gently form dough ball into a round "disc" approx. 8" across. Using sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut disc into 8 wedges.
• Re-arrange wedges in a circle on prepared baking sheet. Brush scone tops with 1 TBSP of cream or milk; lightly sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake scones at 400°F for 20-23 minutes (check them at the 20 minute mark-keep an eye on them). Bake till golden brown. When done, transfer scones to wire rack (with parchment or foil underneath to catch any drips from glaze icing). Let cool.
• While cooling, mix glaze ingredients in small bowl. Once scones are completely cooled, "paint" icing over the scones using pastry brush. ENJOY!

CHOCOLATE COFFEE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, granulated sugar, espresso powder, baking powder and salt. Add the cold cubed butter and use a pastry blender or your fingertips to blend the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture looks like damp sand with some larger pea-sized pieces of butter throughout.
• Make a well in the center of the flour and butter mixture. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the chopped espresso beans, if using, for garnish and sprinkle the remainder around the edge of the flour well. In a small bowl, whisk together the cream, egg and vanilla. Pour the liquid ingredients into the well in the center of the flour mixture. Pour in the melted chocolate. Stir just until all the ingredients are moistened and dough begins to come together; it's okay if the mixture has some light and dark streaks. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and gently pat it together into a round about 7 inches in diameter and 3/4 inch thick. Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into 8 equal triangular slices. Sprinkle turbinado sugar over the top of the dough and press gently to adhere.
• Transfer the scones to the prepared baking sheet. Bake until the scones are slightly firm to the touch and a toothpick inserted into one comes out clean (a few small crumbs clinging to the toothpick are okay), 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer the scones to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, for serving, beat the mascarpone, granulated sugar and heavy cream with an electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Serve the scones with a dollop of the mascarpone cream and a sprinkle of reserved espresso beans.

COFFEE NUT SCONES

Steps:

• Direction Notes:.
• Cut through the circle of dough, but do not separate the wedges. This allows them to bake as one large scone, and they will be much moister than scones baked separately.
• Scones:.
• Combine 2/3 cup milk and the coffee granules in a microwave-safe bowl.
• Microwave at high 1 minute; stir until coffee dissolves.
• Cover and chill completely.
• Stir in vanilla and egg.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
• Combine flour and the next 4 ingredients (flour through cinnamon) in a bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• (The flour mixture and butter can also be combined in a food processor; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal.)
• Stir in walnuts.
• Add milk mixture, stirring just until moist (dough will be sticky).
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 4 times with floured hands.
• Pat dough into an 8-inch circle on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
• Cut dough into 10 wedges; do not separate.
• Brush the dough with 2 teaspoons milk; sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes or until browned.
• Serve warm.
• (serving size: 1 wedge).