Apfel-Scones

Scones are my new favourite for a easy snack on sunday afternoon when I longing for something sweet. The raspberry scones I made in September tasted great and so I wanted to try another variation. When I saw that the last apple from my parents garden started to shrivel a little bit I decided to make apple scones with some whole wheat flour, almonds and some “winterly” spices. It is not Winter now but the last mornings were ice cold, and so cardamom, allspice and cinnamon seemed to fit very well.

The Whole wheat flour and the almons at a little bit more substance to the scones and the apple balance nicely tart and sweet.

I like the scones best with some cranberry jam and a cup of Earl Grey tea.

Apple Scones

Dough

• 250g flour Type 550
• 250g whole wheat flour
• 40g sugar
• 1/4 Tsp. cinnamon
• 1 Pinch Cardamom
• 1 Pinch Allspice
• 8g Backing powder
• 3g Salt
• 50g chopped almonds
• 125g Butter
• 200g Milk
• 1 Egg
• 180g chopped apple (one big apple)

Glazing

• 1 Tbs. cream

Topping

• 2 Tsp. Sugar

Mix flour, sugar, salt, orange peel and baking powder and rub the butter in the mixture. Add milk and egg and knead to form a dough. Then mix in the frozen raspberries.

Flatten the dough to a 3 cm thick plate and cut round scones with a diameter of 6 cm.

Bake at 250°C for 12 min.