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Date Scones Recipe

date scones on an antique baking rack with a blue napkin to the side
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Tender Date Scones that date lovers and even haters will enjoy! Dates become creamy and add the perfect touch of sweetness to these scones.

  • Author: Becky Schmieg
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 18
  • Total Time: 33 minutes
  • Yield: 8 scones 1x
  • Category: breakfast, snack

Ingredients

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  • 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 6 tbsp salted butter, cold and cut into slices
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 5 tbsp milk, plus some extra for brushing on scones before they bake
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 cup chopped dates
  • turbinado sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400F.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.dry ingredients for date scones stirred until fully combined.
  3. Add the butter and use a pastry blender to cut in the butter until pea-sized lumps form.scone making process: butter has been cut into flour into pea sized lumps
  4. In a separate small bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together the egg, milk and sour cream, then pour into the bowl with the dry ingredients and butter. Stir until a crumbly dough forms.dates being mixed into scone dough
  5. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface and scrunch everything together and press down. You want to knead the dough but it will a little wonky at first. Just fold an edge over and press, fold another over and press. Keep going until it gets easier to knead cleanly and do so until a fairly smooth dough forms. It shouldn’t take more than 10 passes.date scones being kneaded on a floured surface
  6. Shape the dough into a flat 1/2 inch thick disc about 9 inches in diameter. Cut into 8 slices.date scone dough flattened into a disc shape
  7. Arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a baking mat. 
  8. Brush with extra milk and then sprinkle each scone with turbinado sugar.date scones, cut before baking, sprinkle with raw sugar and brushed with milk.
  9. Bake for 17-18 minutes, until slightly golden on top and beginning to brown around the bottom edges. 
  10. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire baking rack to cool.date scones on a baking sheet
  11. Enjoy with butter, thickened cream, jam or plain! 

Find it online: https://www.figjar.com/date-scones-recipe/