Dougherty Family Recipe Box

Category: Quick Bread

  • Maple Scones

    Ingredients

    Scones

    • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 3 tablespoons white sugar
    • 3/4 cup heavy cream
    • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Glaze

    • 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
    • 1 tablespoon butter, melted
    • 1 to 3 tablespoons milk
    • 1/4 teaspoon maple syrup
    • Pinch of salt

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
    2. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
    3. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
    4. In a separate bowl, stir together heavy cream and vanilla.
    5. Drizzle cream mixture over your dry ingredients and stir, using just enough cream so that a dry dough forms with no loose flour at the bottom of your bowl. 
    6. Finish mixing by hand and shape dough into a ball. 
    7. On a lightly floured surface, press dough out to a circle 3/4 inch thick.
    8. Cut circle into 6 triangles.
    9. Put scones on baking sheet.
    10. Bake until scones are baked through and lightly golden brown (about 15 minutes).
    11. Remove from oven and cool before glazing.
    12. In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, melted butter, 1 tablespoon of the milk, maple syrup, and salt. 
    13. Whisk in milk a bit at a time until drizzling consistency.
    14. Glaze scones.
    15. Allow glaze to set for 5 minutes.

                  Source

                1. Baking Powder Biscuits

                  Ingredients

                  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
                  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
                  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
                  • 1 teaspoon salt
                  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter
                  • 3/4 cup milk

                  Method

                  1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
                  2. Stir together dry ingredients.
                  3. Cut in butter.
                  4. Stir in milk.
                  5. Roll on a lightly floured counter to 1/2 inch thickness and cut into squares.
                  6. Put biscuits on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake until golden brown (about 10-12 minutes).
                  7. Serve warm.

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                2. Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

                  Ingredients

                  • 1 1/2 cups quick oats
                  • 1 cup skim milk
                  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
                  • 2 tablespoons honey
                  • 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
                  • 1 egg
                  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
                  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
                  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
                  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
                  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
                  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
                  • 1 cup blueberries

                  Method

                  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
                  2. Line a muffin pan.
                  3. Soak oats in milk for about 30 minutes.
                  4. Mix together sugar, honey, apple sauce, vanilla, egg, and oil.
                  5. Mix oats into the wet mixture.
                  6. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
                  7. Mix dry ingredients into wet.
                  8. Gently fold in the blueberries.
                  9. Beat in the eggs.
                  10. Drop batter into muffin pans.
                  11. Bake until the tops are dry to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the centre of a muffin comes out clean (about 22-24 minutes).

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                3. Blackberry and White Chocolate Scones

                  Ingredients

                  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
                  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
                  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
                  • 1/2 cup cold butter cubed
                  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
                  • 1 egg
                  • 1/2 cup 0% greek yogurt
                  • 1/2 cup water
                  • 3 or 4 cups roughly choppped fresh blackberries

                  Method

                  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
                  2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and cayenne pepper using stand mixer with paddle attachment on low.
                  3. Add cold butter and continue to mix on low until it looks like dry, coarse crumbs.
                  4. Add white chocolate chips, continue to mix on low until combined.
                  5. Add egg, yogurt, and water to dough, turn mixer up to medium low.
                  6. Mix dough until it is combined but ragged.
                  7. Add blackberries and mix on lowest speed until just mixed in (berries should be distributed but not crushed).
                  8. Roll dough out on a floured surface until it is about 1/4 inch thick.
                  9. Cut into rounds using 2 1/4″ cookie cutter.
                  10. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
                  11. Place rounds on baking sheet, then sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
                  12. Bake until done (about 25 minutes).

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                4. Sour Cream Scones

                  Ingredients

                  • 1 egg
                  • 3/4 cup sour cream
                  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
                  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
                  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
                  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
                  • 1/3 cup white sugar

                  Method

                  1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
                  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
                  3. Beat egg, add sour cream and continue beating.
                  4. Stir together the rest of the ingredients.
                  5. Mix together the dry and wet ingredients.
                  6. Drop onto baking sheet.
                  7. Bake until done (about 15 minutes).

                  Source

                  Barkley family recipe.