Vanilla Glazed Ginger Scones Food

VANILLA-GLAZED GINGER SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk the first 6 ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In another bowl, whisk cream, egg, molasses and syrup until blended; stir into crumb mixture just until moistened., Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 12-15 minutes. In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, cream, vanilla and salt; stir until smooth. Drizzle over scones; sprinkle with ginger. Serve warm.

MINI VANILLA SCONES WITH VANILLA BEAN GLAZE

Steps:

• For the scones: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Split the vanilla beans in half lengthwise and scrape out all the vanilla "caviar" inside. Stir the caviar into the cream. Set aside for 15 minutes.
• Sift together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut the cold butter into pats, and then use a pastry cutter or two knives to cut the butter into the flour. Keep going until the mixture resembles crumbs.
• Mix the vanilla cream with the egg, and then combine with the flour mixture. Stir gently with a fork just until it comes together.
• Turn the dough onto a floured surface and lightly press it together until it forms a rough rectangle. (Mixture will be pretty crumbly.) Use a rolling pin to roll into a rectangle about 12-by-7 inches and 1/2-to-3/4-inches thick. Use your hands to help with the forming if necessary. Then cut the rectangle into 12 symmetrical squares/rectangles. Next, cut each square/rectangle in half diagonally, to form two triangles. Transfer to a parchment or baking-mat-lined cookie sheet and bake for 18 minutes, removing from the oven just before they start to turn golden. Allow to cool for 15 minutes on the cookie sheet, and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
• For the glaze: Split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape out the caviar. Stir the caviar into the milk. Set aside for 15 minutes.
• Mix the powdered sugar and salt with the vanilla milk, adding more powdered sugar or milk if necessary to get the right consistency. Stir or whisk until completely smooth.
• One at a time, carefully dunk each cooled scone in the glaze, turning it over if necessary. Transfer to parchment paper or the cooling rack. Allow the glaze to set completely, about an hour. Scones will keep several days if glazed.

VANILLA GLAZE

Steps:

• Place the confectioners' sugar and vanilla seeds in a small bowl, add 1 1/2 teaspoons water and whisk together until smooth and thick, but pourable. Add an additional 1/2 teaspoon of water if needed.

QUICK VANILLA GLAZE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the sugar, milk and vanilla. Stir until smooth. Let stand for 5 minutes to thicken if desired. Spoon over bread.

VANILLA-GLAZED PECAN COCONUT COOKIE SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F; spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray. In large bowl, combine quick bread mix, swirl mix from packet and pecans from foil packet; mix well. Add butter; with pastry blender or fork, mix until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and egg; mix well. Stir in 1/2 cup coconut. Gradually add half-and-half, stirring until soft dough forms.
• On lightly floured surface, pat dough to 1/2-inch thickness. With 2 1/2-inch floured cutter, cut dough into rounds. Pat scraps of dough to 1/2-inch thickness for additional scones. Place on sprayed cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375°F for 12 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet; place on wire rack. Cool 10 minutes.
• In small bowl, combine all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency; blend until smooth. Spread glaze over warm scones. Sprinkle with toppings.