Cherry Coconut Scones

Womenscorner Desk
November 25, 2020

Ingredients :

- 3 cups flour

- ¾ cup sugar

- 3 tsp baking powder

- ¼ tsp salt

- ¾ cup very cold butter, cut in cubes

- 1 cup undiluted evaporated milk

- 1 tsp vanilla extract

- 1 tsp coconut extract (optional)

- 1 ½ cups dried cherries

- 1 cup unsweetened fine coconut

Method : In a kitchen appliance , combine the flour, sugar, leaven and salt. Add the cold butter. Pulse processor on and off repeatedly to figure the butter through the dry ingredients until mixture resembles a rough meal. Small pieces of butter about half the dimensions of small peas should still be visible within the mixture. Remove to an outsized bowl and stir within the dried cherries and coconut.

Mix together the milk, and extracts. Pour over dry ingredients and toss together merely enough to make a dough ball. Roll to 1 inch thickness and cut out scones in triangles or with a biscuit cutter and place on parchment lined baking sheet about an in. apart. Brush an egg wash over the tops and sprinkle surfaces with sugar. Demerara sugar works well for this but you'll use plain white sugar during a pinch. Bake at 375 degrees F for about 25 minutes or until golden brown. Baking time will vary counting on the dimensions of your scones.