Diane Watkins
Praline Scone Recipe
The praline scone recipe will definitely remind you of the famous southern candy! This scone has such a rich flavor it could be a stand alone dessert! Photo credit: Wikipedia
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons rum or water
- 3/4 cup pecans
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, chilled
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon water
- for garnish pecan halves
Hardware
Whisk
Saucepan
Large bowl
2 small bowls
Pastry blender
Cookie sheet
Instructions
- Lightly oil 10-inch-diameter circle on cookie sheet; set aside.
- In a 1-quart saucepan, stir together the granulated sugar and rum. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves. Increase heat and bring mixture to a boil. Cook without stirring for 4 minutes, or until mixture turns amber and caramelizes.
- Stir in pecans and coat nuts with syrup.
- Scrape mixture onto prepared cookie sheet. Cool for 20 minutes or until hardened.
- Transfer the mixture to a cutting board and chop the praline; set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Lightly grease a 10-inch-diameter circle in the center of a cookie sheet; set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- With pastry blender or two knives, cut butter into 1/4-inch size pieces and stir them into flour mixture.
- In a small bowl, stir together eggs, cream, and vanilla extract.
- Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir to combine. The dough will be sticky.
- With lightly floured hands, knead in the praline pieces until evenly distributed.
- With lightly floured hands pat the dough into a 9-inch-diameter circle in the center of the prepared cookie sheet.
- In a small bowl, combine egg yolk and 1/2 teaspoon of water. Brush over the top of the scone dough.
- With a serrated knife, cut circle into 8 wedges. Press a few pecan halves on each wedge.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of scone comes out clean. Immediately transfer scones to cooling surface.
Details
Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: 8 Scones
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