Strawberry Scones
- 2 cups Flour
- 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 2 Tablespoons Sugar
- 12 Tablespoons Cold Butter, Cut Into Small Pieces
- 1 teaspoon Orange Zest
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1/2 cups Heavy Cream
- 1/2 cups Freeze-dried Strawberries, Broken Into Small Pieces
- FOR THE EGG WASH:
- 1 whole Egg
- 1 Tablespoon Water
- 2 Tablespoons White Sanding Sugar, For Sprinkling (optional)
- Preheat oven to 400u0b0F.
- In the bowl of your food processor, mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. (If you don't have a food processor, you can use a large bowl and cut butter in using a pastry blender or your fingers, but the food processor makes it much quicker.)
- Cut butter into small pieces. On high-speed, pulse food processor until butter is cut into tiny crumbs.
- Add orange zest and evenly coat it in butter and flour mixture. The flour will keep the zest from sticking together in one big clump.
- Lightly whisk egg and cream and slowly pour through the chute of your food processor while you mix it into the flour. Be careful not to over-mix-as soon as dough comes together, stop the food processor.
- Chill pastry dough in the fridge for 15 minutes.
- After dough has slightly chilled, you are ready to add strawberries. On a lightly floured surface, carefully knead in strawberries. Roll dough out into an even log and cut it into 4 equal portions.
- Using your hands or a rolling pin, shape each portion of dough into a 4-inch square. Use a serrated knife to cut each square diagonally into even triangles.
- In a small bowl, whisk egg and water to make an egg wash. Brush the tops and sides of scones so they get a pretty golden finish when they bake. If you are feeling fancy, you could also sprinkle on some white sanding sugar.
- Bake scones on a baking stone or a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for 15-20 minutes until scones turn a golden brown color.
flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, butter, orange zest, eggs, heavy cream, strawberries, egg wash, egg, water, white sanding sugar
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/strawberry-scones-5/ (may not work)