Post Christmas and New Year festivities, I am trying to re-introduce a little bit of healthy food! These apple scones are the perfect balance between a holiday treat and a fruity snack.
Ingredients
- 1 large apple
- 75g butter
- 375g self raising flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 75g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 150ml milk
Method
- Peel and dice the apple
- Heat 25g of the butter in a saucepan, then add the apple and cook gently for 5 minutes until softened
- Put the flour, half the cinnamon and 50g of the sugar in a bowl
- Cut the remaining butter into pieces then add to the flour mixture. Rub between your fingers to make tiny crumbs
- Add the cooked apples and the beaten egg then slowly stir in the milk to make a soft dough
- Tip out onto a floured surface, knead lightly then roll out to approx 1 inch thick
- Cut out shapes with a cookie cutter and brush the tops with milk
- Mix the remaining sugar ands cinnamon together then sprinkle over the tops of the scones
- Bake for 12-15 minutes at 200*C, cool and serve with jam (and cream if you feel naughty)
So here is the age-old question. Cream or jam first?!
Love scones but they have to be plain scones covered in clotted cream then jam
As I mentioned on Twitter, these have given me serious cravings! Thanks very much for joining in with #recipeoftheweek. I’ve Pinned and tweeted this post and there’s a fresh linky live now. Please do join in! 😀
Looks yummy!!!
Beth
http://www.life-as-mum.co.uk
These look lovely – I love scones!