It’s Memorial Day Weekend and no surprise, it is currently raining. Raining makes me think of 5-10 years ago, where rainy days only equaled a friendly book and yummy snack; not the cleaning the kitchen, getting the laundry done, making sure bills are paid rainy days of adulthood. Although the forecast calls for more rain tomorrow and I know that means it’s time to get some chores done, right now, I will picture tomorrow as my rainy day Saturday like years ago with my only task being that of whipping up some a simple breakfast with these Spiced Apple Scones.
Spiced Apple Scones
Scone Ingredients:
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 2 Cup Flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2/3 Cup Wheat germ
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/3 Cup butter
- 1/2 Cup skim milk
- 1/4 Cup honey
- 1 1/4 Cup Apple, peeled and finely chopped
Topping Ingredients:
- 1 Tbsp wheat germ
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbls sugar
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and butter or spray a large cookie sheet.
- Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl (salt, flour, baking powder, baking soda, wheat germ, cinnamon & nutmeg). Using a pastry blender or a fork, cut in the butter until the mixture looks like crumbs.
- Add milk, honey and apples – mixing until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface; knead gently 5 to 6 times. Be careful not to over knead as it will make the end results of the scones tough. Pat dough into approximately a nine inch circle.
- Mix topping ingredients and sprinkle over the dough. Cut dough into 10 wedges and place on the prepped cookie sheet. Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until golden brown.
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