Fresh Plum Scones
Easy to make plum scones recipe with fresh plums and cream. Delicious for an afternoon snack or luxury breakfast! The perfect recipe for autumn or fall and any time of the year.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups plums
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour plain flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar caster sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 stick
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup double cream or buttermilk or single cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the flour and the butter and rub the butter into the flour with your hands.
- Add the sugar, baking powder and salt and mix well.
- Ad the chopped plums and mix them in until they are all covered.
- In a mixing jug measure out the cream or buttermilk, add egg and vanilla extract and whisk together with a fork.
- Add the cream mixture into the flour and very briefly mix together until you have a crumbly mixture.
- Turn the dough mixture on to your kitchen counter and bring together to form a round. Don't overmix - if it looks crumbly, that's absolutely fine!
- Place on your baking tray and cut down with a baking scraper into 6-8 pieces (you can also do just 4 if you like). Slightly separate the scone vedges and move them apart to let them bake.
- Preheat your oven to 400 F (200C).
- Brush the top of your plum scones with extra cream or milk.
- Bake your scones for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. If they are getting brown too quickly reduce the oven temperature by 50F or 20 C.
- Check that your scones are ready by pushing a wooden toothpick or wooden skewer through (if it comes out clean - dry, your scones are ready).
- Cool on a cooling rack and eat on the same day or freeze for later.
Nutrition
Calories: 350kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 5gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 247mgPotassium: 82mgFiber: 4gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 814IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 136mgIron: 2mg
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