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What do you do on an Easter Monday morning in the kitchen. Exactly I´m baking delicious Cherry Almond Scones. Already the whole time these sweet parts are in my head.
The scones are actually quite easy and the baking time is just 20-30 minutes. Top. To know, the Scone dough is a bit sticky and you don´t have to stir or knead it for long.
Cherry almond scone tips. For crispy and shiny scones
- handling the dough as little as possible. I prefer to make scones by hand, not in the food processor.
- Over-handling the dough will cause the cherries to break, making your dough much too wet. Always handle with care.
- Use very cold butter to get that crumbly, crisp texture on the edges.
- Refrigerate the scone dough for 15 minutes before baking. The scones don’t spread out too much in the oven and so they keep that crumbly-edge texture,
- Cold scone dough = successful scone dough.
- Shaggy looking scone dough = gorgeous scone dough.
- A brush of buttermilk makes your scones shimmery and even more crusty on top.
You can use any kind of shapes, but I love this simply way to make my scones. Because it´s so easy and fast just grab a sharp knife and slice. And with this shape, there isn’t any rolling– which could lead to over-handling the dough
Cherry almond scones
250 g of flour, plus more
2 tsp of baking soda
pinch of salt
115g unsalted butter, cold
140 ml oat milk
1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
100 g of sugar
100 g of sour cherries (in a jar)
40 g of planed almonds
Cherry Icing
140 g of powdered sugar
2 tbsp (about 15 ml) cherry juice
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
Drain the cherries well. Safe 1 tbsp of juice.
Mix milk with apple cider vinegar and let it steep for 10 minutes. So you get “buttermilk”. Take 1 tbsp and set aside for later.
Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
Cut the butter into pieces and add to the flour mixture.
Knead with your hands into a crumbly dough or place in a food processor and pulse.
Add vanilla to the milk and drizzle over the flour mixture and then toss the mixture together with a rubber spatula until everything appears moistened. Slowly and gently fold in the cherries. Don´t overwork the dough. Dough will be a little wet.
With well floured hands, put the sticky dough into a ball shape on a floured work surface. Press the dough ball flat. Cut 4 times with a sharp knife to make 8 pieces. Place the scones at least 5 cm away from the prepared baking sheet. Brush the cherry scones with buttermilk and sprinkle with almonds.
Or you put the ball on a baking tray, press it flat and cut it. Sprinkle with buttermilk and almonds. Bake golden for 20-30 minutes.
Have you left the scones in a circle. While still warm, replace the interfaces and let cool completely.
Cherry Icing
Mix icing sugar with cherry juice and pour over the cooled scones.
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Cherry almond scones
Ingredients
- 250 g of flour plus more
- 2 tsp of baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 115 g unsalted butter cold
- 140 ml oat milk
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g of sugar
- 100 g of sour cherries in a jar
- 40 g almonds sliced
Cherry Icing
- 140 g of powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp about 15 ml cherry juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
- Drain the sour cherries well. Safe 1 tbsp of juice.
- Mix milk with apple cider vinegar and let it rest for 10 minutes. So you get "buttermilk". Take 1 tbsp and set aside for brushing.
- Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
- Cut the butter into pieces and add to the flour mixture.
- Knead with your hands into a crumbly dough or place in a food processor and pulse. Add vanilla to the milk and drizzle over the flour mixture and then toss the mixture together with a rubber spatula until everything appears moistened.
- Slowly and gently fold in the sour cherries. Don´t overwork the dough. Dough will be a little wet. With well floured hands, put the sticky dough into a ball shape on a floured work surface. Press the dough ball flat.
- Cut 4 times with a sharp knife to make 8 pieces. Place the scones at least 5 cm away from the prepared baking sheet. Brush the cherry scones with buttermilk and sprinkle with almonds.
Or
- you put the ball on a baking tray, press it flat and cut it. Sprinkle with buttermilk and almonds. Bake golden for 20-30 minutes.
- Have you left the scones in a circle. While still warm, replace the interfaces and let cool completely.
Cherry Icing
- Mix icing sugar with cherry juice and pour over the cooled scones.
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