Apple Scones for a Morning Plate

Apple Scones for a Morning Plate is filed under Apples and built around all-purpose flour, sugar, and salt. Plan on 12 3.5″ Triangles.

Count on 20 minutes of prep, 22 minutes of cooking, 2 hours of resting, about 2 hours from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

Scone Dough

• 4 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon apple pie spice mix you can use 2 teaspoons of cinnamon or make homemade apple pie spice mix
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 13 tablespoons butter cold, cubed
• ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• ¾ cup heavy cream
• 1 cup dried apples chopped

Topping

• heavy cream for topping
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ cup granulated sugar

How the cooking goes

1. In the bowl of a electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine flour, sugar, salt, apple pie spice, and baking powder. Mix on low until just to distribute. Add cold cubed butter and mix on low until the butter is fully cut in and the mixture resembles wet sand.
2. In a separate bowl, combine vanilla, eggs, and heavy cream. Blend with an immersion blender or whisk until completely smooth and homogenous.
3. With the mixer running on low, slowly pour the cream mixture into the flour mixture then mix until almost incorporated.
4. Turn the dough out onto a dry surface and knead gently until no dry spots remain. Add the chopped dried apples and fold through carefully.
5. Set dough on plastic wrap and press to about ½ inch thick. Chill for 2 hours or overnight.
6. Heat the oven to 325°F convection or 350°F conventional. Prepare a sheet pan with baking paper.
7. Cut scones with a ring or biscuit cutter, or slice into triangles. Work quickly to keep the dough cold. If it warms too much, refrigerate for 30 minutes before baking.
8. Arrange scones on the prepared sheet pan. Brush with heavy cream, then sprinkle generously with the cinnamon sugar mixture.
9. Oven-bake 18 to 22 minutes, until the surface is deep gold and puffed. Cool completely on the sheet pan.

After it comes off the heat

Cool the sheet on a rack before the pieces are stacked. A covered tin keeps them for a few days.

If you want another plate from Apples, open Apple Hand Pies in a Pastry Shell and Caramel Apple Tart Rested Before Slicing.