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Apricot Cream Cheese Scones
Summary
| Yield | 0 |
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| Recipes | Scones |
Description
These scones are best when served with our Ginger Peach Tea.
Ingredients
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3 1/4 cups Mellow Pastry Blend OR King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
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1/2 cup granulated sugar
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2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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8-ounce package cream cheese (cold)
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1/2 cup (1 stick) cold butter
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1 cup diced or slivered apricots
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1 large egg
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2 teaspoons vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon fiori di sicilia
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1/4 cup milk
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Sparkling white sugar, for topping
Instructions
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in the cream cheese and butter, using your fingers, a pastry blender, fork, or a mixer, until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal, then stir in the apricots. In a separate bowl whisk together the egg, vanilla and milk.
Combine the liquid and dry ingredients and stir until the dough becomes cohesive. Don't mix and mix and mix; the more you work with the dough, the tougher it'll get. Remember: an iron fist in a velvet glove does the trick!
Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface, and fold it over several times, until it holds together. Pat the dough into a 3/4-inch thick rectangle.
Cut scones with a round cutter, gathering the scraps and re-rolling the dough. Or simply cut the dough into squares or diamonds. Brush the tops lightly with milk and sprinkle with sparkling white or pearl sugar.
Place scones about 2 inches apart on an ungreased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake them in a preheated 425°F oven for 8 minutes. Turn the oven off, leave the door closed, and continue to bake for 8 more minutes, until the scones are a light, golden brown. Serve hot, with clotted cream and jam or raspberry curd.
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