Berry Scones

I wanted to make something quick this morning for Doug to take into the Property Committee Work day, and they were going to prune roses, so I wanted something with red. I made just-in-time Berry Scones!

Ingredients:

• 375 g (3 cups) all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 100 g (1/2 cup) granulated sugar
• 113 g (1 stick) butter, cut into ~1/4" chunks
• 1 large egg
• 200g (3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons) Greek yogurt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 144 g frozen strawberries, chopped into 'blueberry' sized pieces
• 100 g frozen mixed berries, chopped into 'blueberry' sized pieces
• 100 g (1/2 cup) sugar for rolling
• 1 to 2 tablespoons milk

 

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large baking sheet (13" x 18") with parchment paper or Silpat.
2. In a food processor, mix all the dry ingredients together.
3. Add the butter chunks to the food processor, and pulse in spurts until the mixture is crumbly with some small butter clumps.
   
4. In a small bowl, whisk together the vanilla, egg, and Greek yogurt.
5. Add the wet ingredients to the food processor bowl, pulse a couple of times until the mixture just comes together and forms clumps.
   
   
   
   
6. Sprinkle your work surface with about of the 1/4 cup 'rolling' sugar. 
   
7. Pat dough out into a ~ 9" x 15" rectangle about 1/4" thick. Sprinkle with additional 'rolling sugar' to pat out.
      
   
   
   
8. Sprinkle the berry chunks over dough.
   
   
   
   
9. Using a bench scraper, roll the dough into a log, pressing it together if cracks form.
   
   
   
   
10. Cut the dough into ~16 wedges.
11. Place the wedges onto the prepared baking sheet.
    
    
    
    
12. Separate the scones about 1".
    (My wedges mostly fell over - you might also just lay them cut side down).
13. Mix the leftover 'rolling' sugar in 1 to 2 tablespoons milk, and brush over tops of wedges.
    (I mixed mine in the bowl I mixed the yogurt/egg/vanilla in, and mixed in the remainders in as well.) 
14. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the tops have some golden brown color.

 

Carole's Notes:

We liked these! There was a reasonable amount of berry to the topping.
The first batch had a very wet dough that I could not roll, so I sort of squished together. They looked like this:

 
 

The final recipe is adapted from https://momsdish.com/recipe/24/grandmas-strawberry-scones and https://carolelikesroundfood.blogspot.com/2020/08/triple-chocolate-scones.html