Maple Walnut Scones

Name: Maple Walnut Scones
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: English, British, Scottish, European
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons baking powder; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 egg; 414 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters half-and-half; 0 teaspoons maple flavored extract; 1 teaspoon maple extract; 0 teaspoons salt; 6 Tbsps chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 237 milliliters chopped walnuts; 2 teaspoons hot water; 118 milliliters white sugar

Need a vegetarian morn meal? Maple Walnut Scones could be a great recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 20g of fat, and a total of 368 calories. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. If you have maple extract, half-and-half, egg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. This recipe is typical of Scottish cuisine.

Instructions

Set oven rack to lower center of oven. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Toast walnuts on a baking sheet in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Cool.

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Walnuts

Toast

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Toss butter pieces in the flour mixture to coat. Use a pastry blender to cut in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in toasted walnuts. Beat egg in a large bowl.

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Baking Powder

Walnuts

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Egg

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Blender

Whisk

Bowl

Mix in the half-and-half, 1 teaspoon maple extract, and vanilla extract. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, mixing just until blended, switching from a spoon to your hands as the mixture comes together.

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Maple Extract

Place dough in refrigerator for 10 minutes.

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Dough

Roll chilled dough into a ball on a lightly floured surface. Flatten dough into a 3/4 inch circle.

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Dough

Roll

Cut into 8 wedges.

Bake scones on a parchment lined baking sheet just until firm and the bottoms are lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool for 3 minutes before transferring to cooling racks.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Stir together the confectioners' sugar, hot water, and 1/8 teaspoon maple extract.

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Powdered Sugar