Apricot and White Chocolate Scones
You can never have too many morn meal recipes, so give Apricot and White Chocolate Scones If you have half-and-half, sugar, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. This recipe is typical of Scottish cuisine.
Instructions
Heat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray. In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like fine crumbs.
Reserve 2 tablespoons apricots for topping. Stir remaining apricots and 1/3 cup vanilla baking chips into crumbly mixture. Stir in egg and just enough half-and-half so dough leaves side of bowl and forms a ball.
On lightly floured surface, knead dough lightly 10 times. Pat or roll into 8-inch round on cookie sheet.
Cut into 8 wedges, but do not separate.
Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; carefully separate wedges.
Place melted baking chips in small resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag.
Cut off small corner of bag; pipe small amount of melted chips over scones.
Sprinkle with reserved 2 tablespoons apricots. Pipe remaining melted chips over scones.