Description
Great for tea time with family or friends!
Ingredients
Scale
- 240 gr. all purpose flour
- 60 gr. white sugar
- 120 gr. cold butter
- 150 gr. heavy cream + 50 gr. for brushing (>= 33% fat)
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 orange zest
- 1/2 cup of candied orange peels
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- icing sugar for brushing
Instructions
Before
- Preheat oven to 200ºC (400F)
- Grease a baking sheet
Preparation
- Zest the orange and mix with the sugar in a large bowl to release the essential oils of the orange;
- Cut the orange peel in square bits of about 0.5cm long;
- Sift flour, baking powder, salt over the sugar mixture;
- Add cold butter in cubes to the flour mixture and use a plastic scraper or the tip of your fingers to crumble the butter, you should obtain a texture similar to sand;
- Fold in candied orange peel bits;
- Add the liquids to the flour and butter mixture: egg, cream and vanilla extract and mix until everything is incorporated, and a dough starts to form, don’t knead!
- Sprinkle some flour over the countertop and start pressing the dough to flatten it until 1 cm thick. Fold the dough in half;
- Repeat the flattening and folding on step 7, 2 more times;
- Flatten the dough again this time to 2cm thick and try to form a circle shape;
- Cut scones in triangular shape with a plastic scraper or knife, you can cut them like pizza portions;
- Place the scones on the greased baking sheet;
- Brush the cream on top of each scone;
- Bake for 20 min and let them cool down for 5 mins in a wire rack. Then sprinkle icing sugar on top and serve!
Notes
- You can add extra dried fruits (think almonds, walnuts) or seeds together with the orange peel to give an extra crunchy touch and a different flavour profile
- These scones hold well for 3 days after baking, in an airtight container. You can also freeze them after cooling down for up to 3 months, and the reheat for about 10 min in a low oven (about 150º C/300F)
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Category: Breakfast, Tea Time
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: British
Keywords: orange, orange peel, scones, breakfast, tea time