Apple Scones Recipe

Apple Scones are good all year long, but better in the fall, cliff-side or no, wherever you can find Granny Smith apples. My best recipes. Apple Scones picture

Summary

Prepration Time16 MinutesCooking Time20 Minutes

Difficulty LevelVery EasyHealth IndexHealthy++

Servings2CuisineAmerican

CourseBeverageSpecialityKids

Main IngredientCheese

Ingredients

4 tablespoons (1/4 cup, or ½ stick) cold butter

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

½ cup wheat germ

¼ cup sugar

½ teaspoon cinnomon

1 tablespoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

2 eggs (1 for glazing)

½ cup buttermilk

1 Granny Smith apple (peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes, about 1 cup)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

How to make Apple Scones

Cut the butter into small (1/4-inch) chunks, rewrap it in the paper, and return it to the refrigerator.

Combine the dry ingredients. Beat 1 egg and combine it with the buttermilk. Thread the butter though the dry ingredients with thumb and fingers, getting it to a gravelly texture.

Comb the buttermilk-egg mixture into the butter-flour "gravel" then add the apple cubes, blending through the batter just enough to be able to make two equal sized balls.

Flatten the balls to 2 disks 5 to 6 inches in diameter. Now "pizza-slice' each disk into four sections. Put the scones on an ungreased cookie sheet. Beat the second egg and brush it on the scones as a glaze.

Bake for 20 minutes, until golden brown.