Gluten-Free Candied Grapefruit Scones
- 2½ cups gluten-free flour*
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cubed
- ½ cup finely chopped Candied Grapefruit Peel (recipe follows)
- 1¼ cups plus 1 tablespoon cold heavy whipping cream
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cardamom. Using a pastry blender or 2 forks, cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in Candied Grapefruit Peel.
- Add cream to flour mixture, stirring with a fork until a shaggy dough begins to form. Working gently, bring mixture together with hands until a dough forms. (If mixture seems dry and dough won’t come together, add more cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, until it does. Dough should be somewhat firm.)
- Turn out dough onto a lightly floured* surface, and knead gently until smooth by patting dough and folding it in half 3 to 4 times. Using a rolling pin, roll out dough to a ¾-inch thickness. Using a 2¼-inch fluted round cutter dipped in flour, cut as many scones as possible from dough without twisting cutter, rerolling scraps as necessary. Place scones 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Freeze scones until firm, approximately 15 minutes.
- Brush tops of scones with egg.
- Bake until scones are golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Serve warm.
*We used King Arthur Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour.
RECOMMENDED CONDIMENTS:
Clotted cream
Lemon curd
Recipe by TeaTime Magazine at https://teatimemagazine.com/gluten-free-candied-grapefruit-scones/
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