Apple Scones (Apple Rock Cakes)
Deliciously tender, moist, perfectly spiced and loaded with apples, these scones are perfect with your morning coffee or tea. They resemble rock cakes when baked. I loved these served warm with some butter and my favorite jam.
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups self-raising flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ cup salted butter, chilled and sliced into cubes
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 medium baking or cooking apples, peeled, cored and finely diced
- 2 medium eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F. Whisk together the flour, ground cinnamon and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the sliced butter and coat with the flour. Rub the butter into the flour using your fingertips until they look like coarse meal or bread crumbs. If you wish to use the food processor, add the flour mixture to its chamber then place the cold butter and pulse between 5-6 times until the mixture look like crumbs and there are no more big lumps of butter. Stir in the sugar and diced apples and the beaten eggs. Dough would be sticky.
- Mould into 10 heaps or mounds (like rock buns) then placed in a floured baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until browned on top and the edges. Allow cool slightly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Serve sliced in half with butter and some jam, if desired.
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