Photo: Strawberry Scones Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar, plus additional for sprinkling
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 pound cold unsalted butter, diced
- 4 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup cold heavy cream
- 3/4 cup small-diced dried strawberries
- 1 egg beaten with 2 tablespoons water or milk, for egg wash
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine 4 cups of flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt. Blend in the cold butter at the lowest speed and mix until the butter is in pea-sized pieces. Combine the eggs and heavy cream and quickly add them to the flour and butter mixture. Combine until just blended. Toss the strawberries with 1 tablespoon of flour, add them to the dough, and mix quickly. The dough may be a bit sticky.
Dump the dough out onto a well-floured surface and be sure it is well combined. Flour your hands and a rolling pin and roll the dough 3/4-inch thick. You should see lumps of butter in the dough. Cut into squares with a 4-inch plain or fluted cutter, and then cut them in half diagonally to make triangles. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Brush the tops with egg wash. Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the outsides are crisp and the insides are fully baked.
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By Empressblackpearl
Woodbridge, VA
on November 04, 2011
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Fierce! That’s what I think of this recipe!
The recipe on this website IS NOT the one used on the original episode. I took the liberty of tweaking the sugar amount so the scones taste like sweet scones ought to. Here goes everyone!
- FIVE 5 tablespoons of sugar (instead of the 2 tablespoons listed- 1 1/2 teaspoons of fresh orange zest (I used zest of 1 WHOLE medium Navel Orange- 1/2 cup of ROASTED walnuts...that's how much Ina used in the episode - 3/4 pound of unsalted butter = 3 sticks of butter - 3/4 cup of dried strawberries = approx. 1 whole 9 oz. bag of dried strawberries
** After I brushed my cut out scones dough w/ the egg wash I sprinkled Sugar In The Raw or a similar coarse demerara or turbinado brown sugar instead of the white sugar used in making the dough for an excellent texture variation & another dimension of sweetness** TRY IT! It really does elevate the scones..
I hope this helps everyone. Good Luck, Enjoy & Happy Baking everyone out there! P.E.A.C.E.
By voodoo30
Jamestown, NY
on October 20, 2011
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I know that scones aren't supposed to be that sweet, so in that sense these were perfect. My husband likes pastries a bit sweeter, so for him I'd add a little more sugar, but in speaking of tradition, these were perfect. My only change was I had to used fresh strawberries that I dried as much as I could in the oven for a bit then added them in - they broke a part quite a bit but still gave just enough strawberry flavor.
By Ldymacbeth11
East Coast
on October 01, 2011
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I made these with dried black mission figs and they turned out super yummy!!!
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