Spiced Scones With a Maple and Walnut glaze
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Ingredients
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2 call purpose flour
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1 Tbspbaking powder
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1/2 tspfine salt
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2 Tbspsugar
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1 Tbspcinnamon
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1/2 tspnutmeg
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1/4 tspginger
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5 Tbspbutter, unsalted
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1 cheavy cream, cold, plus more for brushing scones
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1/2 tspmaple extract
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1 cwalnuts, roasted, and finely chopped, divided
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1-2 Tbspbrown sugar
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FOR GLAZE
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1/2 cpowered sugar
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1/4 tspcinnamon
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1 Tbspbutter
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1/2 tspvanilla
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1/4 cor more of pure maple syrup
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1/2 cof roasted walnuts
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·heavy cream
How to Make Spiced Scones With a Maple and Walnut glaze
- Roast walnuts until fragrant and lightly brown. In a bowl add the walnuts and toss in the brown sugar to coat. Cool.Using a food grinder or a pastic bag; grind or smash walnuts into tiny peices. Set aside
- Preheat oven 400F. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in cold butter with flour. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs.
- Make a well in the flour and pour in heavy cream and maple extract. Fold everything together just to incorporate. Do not over work the dough.
- Fold in 1/2 cup of the walnuts. Turn out onto a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Shape into a 8 inch cirlce about 1/4 inch thick.
- Cut dough into 8 wedges. Separate wedges about two inches apart. Brush scones with cream. Pake in oven for 15-18 minutes or until light golden. Do not over bake. Let scones cool for at least 20 minutes before applying the glaze.
- FOR GLAZE. Sift powder sugar in a microwave bowl. Stir in maple syrup,and cinnamon until smooth. Add vanilla and butter.
Add more maple syrup to your taste. - Microwave on high for 30 seconds. Whisk to smooth out lumps. Add the remaining roasted walnuts. Add more cream, if necessary to desire consistancey.