strawberry cream cheese scones
I am fortunate enough to not only live in the citrus belt of Florida, but to also live close to the strawberry fields of Plant City and the Florida Strawberry Festival. I buy several flats a year to make jam and other desserts. While cleaning them a couple of nights ago, all I could think about was making scones out of them. It worked and I had a wonderful late night snack!
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yield
6 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For strawberry cream cheese scones
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3 1/2 call purpose flour
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5 tspbaking powder
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1 1/2 tspsalt
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3/4 csugar
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10 Tbspbutter-cut into small cubes
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4 ozcream cheese-softened
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1 1/2 tspvanilla extract
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2 cstrawberries-rough chopped
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3/4 cbuttermilk
How To Make strawberry cream cheese scones
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1In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Cut in butter and cream cheese with a fork or pastry cutter. Carefully stir in vanilla extract and strawberries. Stir in buttermilk. Mixture will be somewhat loose and wet.
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2Turn out onto a well floured work surface. Sprinkle surface of dough with a generous amount of flour. With well floured hands, pat down dough and shape into a narrow, but long rectangle, approximately 4-5 inches wide. You may have to add more flour around the edges.
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3Using a well floured knife or bench scraper, cut dough into wedges. Place dough wedges onto a parchment or silpat lined cookie sheet. Make an egg wash from a beaten egg and half & half. Brush over each wedge and sprinkle with sugar.
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4Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until slightly golden brown, but not totally hard. Do not overcook or your scones will be dry and hard.
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