Date & Apricot Scones
Source of Recipe
www.thelounge.com.au
List of Ingredients
1 ½ cups wholemeal flour
1 cup plain flour
3 tspns baking powder
½ tspn cinnamon
½ tspn nutmeg
½ tspn ginger powder
3 tblspns unsalted butter
½ cup chopped dates
¼ cup chopped dried apricots
3 tblspn honey
½ cup low-fat milk, plus 2 tbspns low-fat milk (for browning)
1 egg, beaten Recipe
Preheat oven to 200ºC. Grease an oven tray. Sift wholemeal flour, plain flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger into a large bowl. Add bits from sifter to flour mixture. Rub in butter with fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add dates and apricots.
In a small bowl, beat honey, ½ cup milk and egg together. Mix egg mixture into flour mixture to form a stiff dough.
Turn dough out on to a lightly floured board and knead lightly. Roll out to about 2cm thickness. Cut rounds with a floured scone cutter. Place rounds on to a prepared tray and brush tops with extra milk. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm and with butter.
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