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White Chocolate & Cherry Scones

Recipe courtesy of Amy Lautenbach, Orchard Country Winery

October 02, 2020

Ingredients

  • 1 Stick butter (unsalted, chilled-cut into small pieces)
  • ½ c Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ c heavy cream
  • 2 c & 1 Tbsp flour
  • ½ c white chocolate (pieces)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1½ c Orchard Country’s Montmorency Dried Cherries

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and soda. Mix butter in with hands until crumbly. Whisk together egg, cream and vanilla. Stir into batter with fork until moist clumps form.Add cherries and chocolate. Scoop out 10 clumps of evenly sized batter into lightly greased muffi n pan. Brush with milk and sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar. Bake 15-18 minutes and cool on rack. Makes 10 scones. 

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Ingredients

  • 1 Stick butter (unsalted, chilled-cut into small pieces)
  • ½ c Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ c heavy cream
  • 2 c & 1 Tbsp flour
  • ½ c white chocolate (pieces)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1½ c Orchard Country’s Montmorency Dried Cherries