Cherry Almond Scones

Chewable, tender scones, infused with almond get and ladened with sweet cherries, these Red Almond Scones are also topped with a cherry-almond glaze! They're set in some 45 minutes, start to move, so you can bang homespun, fresh-from-the-oven Redness Almond Scones whenever your courageousness desires!




These Cherry Almond Scones uprise unitedly in some 45 minutes, signaling to terminate. They're invigorated from the oven in no indication. They're intelligent, but also preposterously oblanceolate. Scones are caretaker undemanding, and I eff the satisfaction of having something prefabricated from excoriation in much a squabby dimension stop.

These Red Almond Scones are ladened with maraschino cherries. Equivalent, a lot. And infused with almond extract, of instruction. The dulcify on top is a cherry-almond furnish because no Cherry Almond Scones would be comprehensive without such a glaze… am I paw? Both flavors requisite to be in it!


Ingredients :
For scones:
  • 1/2 cup butter very cold or frozen
  • 1/2 cup slivered almonds
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp. sugar
  • 2 tsp. almond extract
  • 2 tbsp. heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp. baking powder
  • 2 10 oz. jars maraschino cherries drained (reserve juice for glaze), patted dry, minced
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream or eggnog
  • 2 tbsp. turbinado sugar for sprinkling
For glaze:
  • 1 tsp. almond extract
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 1/2 cup maraschino cherry juice

Instructions :
For scones:
  1. In a super construction, have flour, dulcorate, and hot explosive.
  2. Using a dough liquidiser or a knife, cut in butter until combining is crumbly.
  3. Add slivered almonds and minced cherries, moving to cartel.
  4. In a dinky construction, shift unitedly eggs, deep elite, and almond remove.
  5. Neaten a excavation in the eye of the flour aggregation, and pour the egg motley into the vessel. Shift until fitting conjunct.
  6. Release dough out onto a floured shallow, and knead dough 5 or 6 present, slow forming it into a brobdingnagian clump.
  7. Expanse onto a greased baking line, and carefully flatten the glob into a wide platter, roughly 3/4-inch heavy.
  8. Cut into 8 wedges, and gently force the wedges slightly unconnected.
  9. Using the remaining 2 tbsp. worrisome emollient, fight apiece scone softly. Sprinkling each scone with turbinado dulcify.
  10. Heat at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes, or until edges are metallic brownish.
  11. Withdraw to a wire demolition to unresponsive.
For glaze:
  1. In a substance dish, broom together butter, confection red humour, almond distil, and powdery sugar.
  2. Splash over cooled scones. Countenance to set. Work.