Apple Spice Scones
Peel & chop apples. Cut butter into small cubes. Sift dry ingredients. Whisk eggs, cream, spices & apples. Cut butter into dry mix. Add wet mix gradually. Roll dough, cut & bake at 350°F for 20 mins. Enjoy!
Equipment
- 1 small dice
- 1 spatula
- 1 mixer
Ingredients
- 9 oz apples peeled and chopped
- 12 oz all-purpose flour
- 7.5 oz cake flour
- 0.5 oz kosher salt
- 0.75 oz baking powder
- 2.25 oz sugar
- Zest 2 lemons
- 9.5 oz butter cubed & very cold
- 1.5 egg whole
- 1.5 oz egg yolk
- 11.25 oz heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1-1/2 tablespoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
Instructions
- Peel and chop apples to a small dice. Weigh and cut butter into small cubes and place in the refrigerator until needed. Sift dry ingredients to ensure there will be no lumps in your product.
- Whisk together the whole egg, egg yolk, heavy cream, spices, and prepared apples.
- “Cut” butter into dry ingredients until butter has broken into smaller pieces and is incorporated throughout—ingredients should resemble a mealy dry dough.
- Slowly add 1/3 of wet ingredients to dough until incorporated, scraping down bowl with a spatula. Continue this process until all ingredients are combined.
- Flour a work surface to roll and cut the dough. Remove dough from the bowl of the mixer and place on surface. Cut the dough in and roll until ½ inch thick. Place your preferred sized cutter on the dough and quarter.
- Continue this process until all of dough has been cut. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
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Notes
For apple spice scones, we will incorporate diced apples and spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice to enhance the flavor profile.