Strawberry Rhubarb Scones for Spring

If you have been reading my blog for awhile...it's NO secret that I love scones.

My love affair with scones carries into all the various flavours there could possibly be...the tenderness of the said little sweet biscuits draw me in like super magnet every time.

Let's see...in the past I have shared Luscious Lemon Chip &  Lemon Scones, Gingerbread Scones with White Chocolate & Cranberry, Pumpkin Scones with Cinnamon Maple Frosting, & Chocolate Scones with Candy Cane Kisses Scones.

With spring coming, I wanted to make whip up some scones with seasonal flavours....like strawberry & rhubarb.

This recipe is not hard and can be ready to go in the oven in 10-15 minutes....very little time for very big reward people!

Strawberry Rhubarb Scones

{makes 16 scones}

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

5 tablespoons sugar

1/2 cup cold butter

1 1/2 cups buttermilk

1/2 cup diced rhubarb

1/2 cup diced strawberries

1/4 cup turbinado or coarse sugar for tops. optional

{Before we get started on directions, here's a little tip. If you don't want the strawberries to get 'mushed up' in the scone dough, throw them into the freezer for about 30 minutes before adding into the dough}

Directions:

1. In bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Mix.

2. Cut cold butter into small pieces and add to flour mixture. Using pastry blender or two forks, blend in butter until it resembles course crumbs. 

3. Stir in buttermilk until soft dough forms. Add strawberries & rhubarb.

4. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead gently 7 to 8 times. Divide dough in 2 and form 2 round discs the size of a small bread & butter plate. 

5. Sprinkle each disc with turbinado or coarse sugar.

6. Using sharp knife, cut each disc into 8 wedges.

7. Place wedges on a large cookie sheet and bake at 425 for 12 to 14 minutes or until tops are golden and scones seem firm.

8. Cool and serve. Scones are always taste the best the day they are made.

Enjoy! I love fresh scones. They are so tender and yummy, and great to share with friends.

To see more yummy things, check out these boards on Pinterest:

Scones
Brownies
Muffins 

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Pumpkin Scones with Maple Cinnamon Frosting {Starbucks Knock Off}...

This baking project all started when I went thru the Starbucks drive thru to treat myself and they were all out of Pumpkin Spice Scones at 8:30 am in the freakin' morning.

Say what?

So I went home and made my own.

You don't get mad.... you get busy!

And I think that these homemade scones are infinitely better than any thing you could buy.

I even upped the ante and frosted them with a delicious maple cinnamon frosting and sprinkle with vanilla spiced walnuts [I got mine at Safeway}  to make them positively decadent!

Pumpkin Spice Scones

 Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

7 Tablespoons sugar

1 Tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

6 Tablespoons cold butter

1/2 cup canned pumpkin {not pie filling}

3 Tablespoons half-and-half {or milk, or buttermilk}

1 large egg

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. In bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and spices.

3. Add cold butter and mix with 2 forks or pastry blender until mixture resembles course crumbs.

4. In separate bowl, mix together egg, pumpkin and milk. 

5. Make a well in dry ingredients and add pumpkin mixture.

6. Stir until mixed and mixture becomes a dough.

7. Turn dough onto floured surface a knead gently a few times. Then shape dough into a circle 10-12 inches round and 1 inch thick and cut into 8 sections like a pie to make 8 large scones, or divide dough in half and shape each piece into 2 smaller circles 1 inch think to make 16 small scones.

8. Place scones wedges onto a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes or until puffed up and golden.

Maple Cinnamon Frosting

1 cup cream cheese

4 tbsp. butter, softened

2 tbsp. maple syrup

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 cup icing sugar

Beat together ingredients together until light & fluffy. Frost scones and place back in warm over to let the frosting  melt over scones. Then sprinkle with diced vanilla spiced walnuts. Deee-lish!

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