Brown Sugar and Cream Cheese Scones
 
Yield: 12 • Bake: approximately 20 minutes
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ⅓ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons cold salted butter, cut into pieces
  • 3 ounces cream cheese, cut into cubes
  • ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons cold heavy whipping cream, divided
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Garnish: turbinado sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. In a large bowl, combine flour,
brown sugar, baking powder, and salt, whisking well. Using a pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add cream cheese, stirring to combine, but leave in cubes.
  4. In a liquid-measuring cup, combine
 ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon cream and vanilla extract, stirring to blend. Add to flour mixture, stirring until mixture is evenly moist. (If dough seems dry, add more cream, 1 tablespoon at a time.) Working gently, bring mixture together with hands until a dough forms.
  5. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead gently 4 to 5 times. Using a rolling pin, roll dough to a ¾-inch thickness. Using a 2¼-inch fluted round cutter, cut 12 scones from dough. Place scones 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Brush tops of scones with remaining 1 tablespoon cream.
  6. Garnish tops of scones with turbinado sugar, if desired.
  7. Bake until edges are golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in the centers comes out clean, approximately 20 minutes.
  8. Serve warm.
Notes
Recommended Condiments: Clotted Cream, Strawberry Jam
Recipe by TeaTime Magazine at https://teatimemagazine.com/brown-sugar-cream-cheese-scones-recipe/