Easy Dried Cherry Scones Recipe (Glazed)
Soft and tender dried cherry scones are quick and easy to make with simple ingredients. Perfect for breakfast on the go or an anytime treat
Servings 12 Scones
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Ingredients
- ½ cup dried cherries chopped
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter cold and diced
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup heavy whipping cream cold, plus 2 tbsp, divided
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract or almond extract
- 2 tbsp coarse sugar turbinado (optional)
- dried cherries optional garnish
Quick Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp heavy cream milk, or water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 °F.
- Place dried cherries in a small bowl with just enough boiling water to cover them. Let stand for 5 minutes then drain and allow the fruit to cool.
- In a large bowl add flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk to combine.
- Using a pastry cutter or fork cut in cold pieces of butter until coarse crumbs appear.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine eggs, 3/4 cup whipping cream, vanilla and drained cherries. Add mixture to the well of the dry ingredients
- Fold in the wet ingredients with a rubber spatula until all of it moistened.
- Lightly flour your hands and form a ball of dough. Cut in half.
- Shape the two spheres into 2 circles, be sure to pat it down evenly. Cut the circles into 6 pieces each for a total of 12.
- Place each triangle on a parchment lined baking sheet and brush with heavy cream. Top with a sprinkling of granulated sugar.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Add extra dried cherries on top if you’d like.
- Mix glaze ingredients together and drizzle if desired.
Notes
Chilling the shaped scones for 15 minutes or overnight will help them keep their shape while baking by preventing them from spreading out too much.
Don't overbake. Scones will be soft out of the oven but firm up as they cool.
Nutrition
Calories: 281kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 115mg | Potassium: 158mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 632IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 2mg
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.
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