Thursday, February 5, 2009

Berry Creamy Scones...........


Well, have you ever made cream cheese filled scones.................we hadn't till yesterday........and they were well worth a try. Our scone recipe came from Annie's House. 
Boy is it a great recipe......I really want to try them the original way also!
Well here is our adaption of the recipe to get a big fat berry creamy scone!

Berry Creamy Cream scones





Scone Ingredients: 
2 cups (10 oz) unbleached all-purpose flour 
1 Tbsp baking powder 
3 Tbsp sugar (more for sprinkling) 
1/2 tsp salt 
5 Tbsp (2.5oz) cold, unsalted butter 
1T. lemon zest 1/4t. vanilla extract 2t. lemon extract
1 cup heavy cream (more for brushing) 

1/4c. blackberries cut up into 1/4's (set aside)


Cream cheese Filling Recipe
4oz. cream cheese
1 1/2t. lemon extract
1T. lemon zest
1T. milk..........more or less
1t. lemon juice
2T. sugar

Cream these all together in a bowl till well combined. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 425 F (220 C).

Place flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl and mix. Cut in butter until it resembles coarse meal. Add lemon zest.

(At this point, you can freeze the mixture in a container for later.)

 Stir in heavy cream, vanilla, and lemon zest,  until it comes together in a shaggy ball. It will still have lots of loose, sandy pieces. If you think it's too loose and sandy, you can add a little bit more cream to bind it a bit more -- it shouldn't affect the outcome if a bit more cream is added. *Note: I find that 
pouring the cream in slowly and mixing it little by little is more efficient than dumping the cream in all at once.
Place batter on a floured surface and roughly work it into a ball.
Now, press the dough down into 2 circles. Spread one half of the dough with the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle on berries. Top with remaining rounded dough. Press the outer edges gently to seal. Cut it into 6 large or 12 small triangles.
Separate the individual scones and place them on a baking tray that is lined with parchment paper. Brush the top of the scones with cream and then sprinkle each one with a little sugar, or clear decorator sprinkles!
Bake for 12-15 mins until golden brown on top.
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5 comments:

Carmen S. said...

You girls ROCK! Can't wait to try some of your yummy looking recipes, I'm drooling just looking at them!!!

SuperAngel said...

Ohh yum! those look so good! :) You gals are really amazing!
I love berries with cream cheese!
HUGS!
Amanda
The Daily Planet

Donna-FFW said...

Never tried cream cheese filled scones. NOW, I so want to. They look delectable!

Linda said...

This sounds like a fantastic combination --- would have never thought to incorporate it in a scone! Great job!

Nate @ House of Annie said...

Wow, cream cheese filling - that's awesome! Thanks for linking back to us.

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that it's kinda hard to read your recipes when you post blue text over black background.