Sour Cherry Scones Inspired by Carry On a Novel by Rainbow Rowell
Sweet, moist scones that are irresistible
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 2 Tbsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 stick butter, chilled in the freezer
- 2 eggs
- Plus enough buttermilk to equal 1 ¼ of fluid when added to the 2 eggs
- 2 cups sour cherries pitted, chopped in half
- Granular sugar for sprinkling for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.
- Use a cheese grater to grate in the butter.
- Toss until all the butter is coated with flour.
- Gently fold the fruit in a tbsp of flour.
- Add the fruit into the flour and butter mixture.
- Pour in your egg/buttermilk mixture and stir until a nice dough forms
- Dump out onto a pastry mat that has been dusted with flour.
- The dough will be very wet, this will ensure moistness as opposed to dry scones.
- Form the dough into a circle shape that is roughly 2-3 inches thick, cut into pie shaped wedges.
- Transfer each wedge onto the cookie sheet and space the wedges apart hjust a half inch.
- Bake in a 425°F oven for 15-20 minutes.