Strawberries and Cream Scones
"I've recently started getting into making scones. This is a delicious recipe for them! If you like, add "Recipe#953365" as suggested by reviewer Marsha D."
photo by Marsha D.
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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6-7
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup strawberry, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- 2 cups cake flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 cup heavy cream
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Mix flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut butter into small cubes and blend with a pastry blender until it resembles oatmeal (or small peas, if you don't like oatmeal).
- Add the orange zest and strawberries.
- Then slowly and gradually add the cream while mixing with a fork.
- As soon as the flour starts to come together into a dough, remove from the bowl and form into a ball.
- Place on a lightly floured surface and knead gently four or five times.
- Then shape with your hands (or a rolling pin) into an 8x10" rectangle.
- Cut the rectangle lengthwise into two 4x10" rectangles.
- Cut each of those into 6 or 7 triangles and place on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
- Serve warm with softened butter, jam, creme fraiche or just as they are!
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Reviews
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My daughter tried this recipe & they were really hard not eatable. We had to throw them away. I will try to make this same recipe myself to see if I will get different results. But as for now I will only give it 2 star because several ingredients were wasted on this recipe. -
Ok...now..this..is fantastic. superb. wonderful. I rarely do long reviews, but this deserves it. First of all i used really ripe gorgeous berries, which adds to the sweetness..sometimes i think we forget what they taste like ruby red all the way through. Secondly I subbed Splenda for the sugar and it worked with no issues. As to sweetness, yes a glaze might help for those who want it, when warm sprinkle it with rock sugar. not sure what its called but the big grains of white sugar. However scones are not meant to be really sweet on their own. Traditionally they are served with clotted or whipped cream and jam if plain (these don't need jam lol). So I whipped up a little sweetened whipped cream and had a marvelous afternoon treat. -
This is a great recipe! My DH loved them and so did I. I used MarshaD's suggestion and added "Recipe#95365". These had great flavor and I can't wait to make more of them when strawberries are in season. -
The scones mixed up fine but I had to add a couple extra pats of butter to get the 'oatmeal' texture. Baked for 25 minutes which was right on. From the other reviews I added a few extra tablespoons of sugar and about 3/4 cups of strawberries. I still would have liked them a bit sweeter. They may need a little sweetened/flavored butter or the glaze that another reviewer used. They looked great. Made for the PRMR tag game. -
This was a great recipe! I think next time I will add 3/4 cup of strawberries and a bit more of sugar in the dough. Although I did sprinkle sugar on top of the scones prior to baking, I think it could have been a bit more sweeter. Overall this is a keeper! Thanks for sharing....made this for Flour Power event in the photo forum.
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Ok...now..this..is fantastic. superb. wonderful. I rarely do long reviews, but this deserves it. First of all i used really ripe gorgeous berries, which adds to the sweetness..sometimes i think we forget what they taste like ruby red all the way through. Secondly I subbed Splenda for the sugar and it worked with no issues. As to sweetness, yes a glaze might help for those who want it, when warm sprinkle it with rock sugar. not sure what its called but the big grains of white sugar. However scones are not meant to be really sweet on their own. Traditionally they are served with clotted or whipped cream and jam if plain (these don't need jam lol). So I whipped up a little sweetened whipped cream and had a marvelous afternoon treat.
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I am so happy! This was my first try at making scones and they were excellent. I used all-purpose flour in place of the cake flour. I wanted to add a glaze to them after they came out of the oven, so I found Recipe #95365 to use. They were DELICIOUS! My Dh loved them, he loves strawberries. I believe maybe the next time I may add a bit more strawberries. Made this for the "Flour Power" Bread,Rolls, Scones and Biscuit challenge. Your directions were very helpful! Thank you for sharing the recipe! :)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CookingONTheSide
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
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