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Cherry Scone Recipe
These homemade cherry scones are super easy to make and are topped with a white chocolate drizzle and a sprinkle of chopped pistachios for the perfect scone bite.
Cherry Scones with white Chocolate and pistachios
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Prep Time30 minutes
servings8 scones

Ingredients

Cherry Scones

  • 1 ¾ Cup (218 ¾ g) Flour, All Purpose
  • 3 tablespoon (3 tablespoon) Sugar
  • 2 ½ Teaspoon (2 ½ Teaspoon) Baking Powder
  • ½ Teaspoon (½ Teaspoon) salt
  • Cup (75 ⅔ g) Butter chilled
  • 1 (1) Egg
  • ¾ Cup (103 ½ g) tart cherries seeded
  • 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) Flour, All Purpose
  • 2 tablespoon (2 tablespoon) milk

Garnish

  • 3-4 tablespoons (3 tablespoons) pistachios
  • ½ Cup (90 g) white chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Pre heat oven to 400°
  2. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium size bowl.
    1 ¾ Cup (218 ¾ g) Flour, All Purpose, 3 tablespoon Sugar, 2 ½ Teaspoon (2 ½ Teaspoon) Baking Powder, ½ Teaspoon (½ Teaspoon) salt
  3. Cut the chilled butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until it resembles fine crumbs.
    ⅓ Cup (75 ⅔ g) Butter
  4. Stir in egg.
    1 Egg
  5. Cut tart cherries in half and toss into a small bowl with 1 tablespoon flour.
    ¾ Cup (103 ½ g) tart cherries, 1 tablespoon Flour, All Purpose
  6. Add cherries to mix and gently incorporate into dough.
  7. Place the dough on a cookie sheet and form it into a flat 8” circle.
  8. Use a knife dipped in flour to cut 8 wedges, by cutting across horizontally, then across vertically, then across diagonally. Do not separate the dough.
  9. Bake 15-18 minutes, check at 15! When scones are fully cooked, remove to a cooling rack, separating them.

Make the Glaze

  1. Melt white chocolate in microwave or double boiler (which is easy to make with a pan filled with water and a dish of white chocolate slowly heating.
    ½ Cup (90 g) white chocolate chips
  2. Chop pistachios.
    3-4 tablespoons (3 tablespoons) pistachios
  3. When scones are cooled, drizzle white chocolate over scones and immediately sprinkle with pistachios.
  4. Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1scone | Calories: 284kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 261mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 295IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 95mg | Iron: 2mg

Notes

Why is there flour coating the cherries?
This helps prevent the cherries from sinking to the bottom of the dough while baking.
How can I fix the dough if it is too stiff?
Add milk if needed, 1 tablespoon at a time, kneading the dough in the bowl until it is no longer sticky, approximately 10 times.
The white chocolate coating is too thick. How do I fix it?
To make the white chocolate more of a drizzle, add 1 teaspoon solid coconut oil or solid crisco that has been melted. Do not allow water to mix with white chocolate or it will seize and become very hard.
CourseBreakfast Recipes
CuisineAmerican
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