Roasted Red Pepper Cornmeal Scones Food

ROASTED RED PEPPER SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
• In a food processor, blend flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pepper briefly (about 3 pulses). Add butter and process to a "mealy" consistency. Add herbs, cheese, and roasted red peppers, processing briefly to combine. Transfer mixture into a large bowl, add 1 cup buttermilk and stir to moisten. If needed, add more buttermilk, up to 1/4 cup.
• Place dough on a floured surface and form into a disk, 3/4 to 1-inch in thickness. Cut into wedges, brush top of each wedge with egg wash. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Place on rack and let cool to room temperature.

RED PEPPER CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Generously butter muffin tin -- 12 muffin regular size.
• Whisk together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Whisk together eggs, buttermilk and melted butter in a medium bowl.
• Add buttermilk mixture and red peppers to the flour mixture and stir until just combined; do not overmix.
• Place about 1/3 cup mixture into each of 12 muffin cups.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean.
• Carefully remove muffins from tin to a wire rack to cool.

CORNMEAL SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Mix flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
• Cut in butter using pastry blender or 2 knives, until mixture looks like fine crumbs.
• Stir in buttermilk so dough leaves sides of bowl and forms a ball.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface.
• Knead lightly 10 times.
• Pat or roll into 7 inch circle on ungreased cookie sheet that has been sprinkled with cornmeal.
• Score top into 8 wedges, cutting down halfway to the bottom.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until light brown.
• Immediately remove from cookie sheet, carefully separate wedges.
• Serve warm.