Spiced Scones With a Maple and Walnut glaze
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Rating:
★★★★★ 1 vote
Serves:
8
Prep:
20 Min
Cook:
10 Min
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
- 2 c
- all purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp
- baking powder
- 1/2 tsp
- fine salt
- 2 Tbsp
- sugar
- 1 Tbsp
- cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp
- nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp
- ginger
- 5 Tbsp
- butter, unsalted
- 1 c
- heavy cream, cold, plus more for brushing scones
- 1/2 tsp
- maple extract
- 1 c
- walnuts, roasted, and finely chopped, divided
- 1-2 Tbsp
- brown sugar
- 1/2 c
- powered sugar
- 1/4 tsp
- cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp
- butter
- 1/2 tsp
- vanilla
- 1/4 c
- or more of pure maple syrup
- 1/2 c
- of roasted walnuts
- heavy cream
FOR GLAZE
How to Make Spiced Scones With a Maple and Walnut glaze
- 1Roast 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
- 2Preheat 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.
- 3Make 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.
- 4Fold 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.
- 5Cut 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.
- 6FOR 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. - 7Microwave on high for 30 seconds. Whisk to smooth out lumps. Add the remaining roasted walnuts. Add more cream, if necessary to desire consistancey.
