Apple Scones with Maple Glaze
Sweet, tender, apple studded scones topped with cinnamon sugar, and a maple glaze.
Ingredients
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- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, or gluten free flour mix
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 Tablespoons butter, cold, sliced into 1/4 inch “pats”
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup milk
- 3/4 cup apples, peeled, cored, and chopped itno 1/2 inch pieces
Topping:
- 1 Tablespoon heavy cream
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Glaze:
- 1 Tablespoon butter, melted
- 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Place flour, baking powder, salt, sugar in a food processor, and pulse to blend
- Add butter, and pulse until mixture resembled graham cracker crumbs
- Transfer to a mixing bowl and add egg and milk
- Stir until just combined
- Add apples and stir until mixture forms a ball
- Roll out on a lightly floured surface in a circle about 1 inch thick
- Cut into eight wedges (think of it as cutting a pie)
- Move wedges to a large baking sheet
- In a small bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg from the topping ingredients
- Brush scones with cream, then sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar
- Bake in preheated oven for 18 minutes, until golden brown
- Remove from oven and let cool
- While scones are cooling, combine icing ingredients. You may need to add a bit more powdered sugar, or a drop or two of water to reach a “stiffly pourable” consisitency
- Drizzle icing over scones
- Enjoy!