Whole Wheat Cinnamon Fruit Scones
- 13 cup margarine or butter
- 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour all-purpose or whole wheat
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 each eggs beaten
- 1/2 cup assorted fruits diced, figs or dates, cherries
- 5 tablespoons light cream (half&half)
- 1 each eggs beaten
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon ground
- 18 teaspoon cloves ground
- Heat oven to 400F (200C).
- Cut margarine into flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt with pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Stir in 1 egg, the fruits and just enough half-and-half so dough leaves sides of bowl.
- Turn dough onto lightly floured surface.
- Knead lightly 10 times.
- Roll or pat 1/2-inch thick.
- Cut with floured biscuit cutter, or pat dough into rectangle and cut into diamond shapes with sharp knife.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Brush dough with 1 egg.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Immediately remove from cookie sheet; cool.
- Split scones.
- Spread with margarine and serve with preserves if desired.
margarine, whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, eggs, dates, light cream, eggs, cinnamon ground, cloves ground
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/whole-wheat-cinnamon-fruit-scon-41871 (may not work)