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Cherry almond scones are a great grab-and-go breakfast that is flavored with Taylor & Colledge almond extract paste and fresh cherries.
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Today's Back to School treat is a grab-and-go breakfast that adults and kids alike will love. Scones are almost like cookies, though a bit less sweet. These are American-style scones, which are slightly more moist than British style scones.
These are flavored with fresh cherries, and Taylor and Colledge almond extract paste. The extract paste is a concentrated extract that packs a punch of almond flavor. Because the paste is concentrated, you don't need to add as much.
Scones, like pie dough, are made by cutting cold butter into the dry ingredients to create a crumbly texture. To minimize the time working with the butter and keeping it cold, I use a food processor, pulsing just until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Ordinarily, I would press the dough into one large disc and cut it into eight wedges, but this would crush the fresh cherries. For that reason, I transferred the crumbly mixture to a bowl, folded in the cherries, and used a large scoop to portion out the dough.
For that reason, these scones are slightly smaller than they otherwise would be. So, I won't judge if you grab two!
As I said, these aren't very sweet. If you prefer a sweeter scone, you could make a simple icing with powdered sugar, milk, and a few drops of the almond extract paste to drizzle on top of the scones.
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