Better than bakery and stuffed with fresh cherries and drizzled on top with a chocolate whiskey sauce. Scones can’t get better than this!
I have been in a phase where I kind of hated scones. Have you ever come across dense, hard and bland scones? I have. Actually they were my very first attempt at scone baking and as you can guess, kind of last too. After that almost for few years I never looked at scones the same way. I would pass them whenever I could get away with and order something else instead. I keep seeing them everywhere in books, magazines, on internet, videos!! But my mind was made up. I was in this notion that scones are not for me.
As you might have noticed, it happens a lot with me. I kind of try my hands at something and if I fail once, I give up which in my mind is not the right thing to do. Isn’t it all about never giving up and trying hard until you get the desired results.
These scones. I just don’t know how to describe these as everything I try to write feels not worth enough to describe these. Coming from a person who has never been a scone fan, these are ridiculously good! Little crisp on the outside with soft, moist interior, pieces of freshly chopped cherries in every bite, they are a scone lovers dream. Served with warm chocolate whiskey sauce, these scones will rival any good bakery scones. Still not convinced?! Try for yourself!
You won’t believe when I tell you that in the last two days I have consumed a dangerous amount of these scones! And that sauce I am thinking of adding it to my coffee!
These scones taste good even after two days. Just make sure once they cool down, wrap them tightly in a plastic wrap! Must for keeping them as fresh and moist as when freshly made!
On another note, I have been compiling a list of cookbooks I need to get hold of and I will absolutely love to get any recommendations or your most used cookbooks names or cookbooks you think might be good!! Please I will really appreciate that! Now leaving you with these scones and I am off to a run just so I can consume another one! Post workout treat, anyone?!!
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar (I used cane sugar)
- 2.5 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ Cup unsalted butter, frozen and grated on a grater (I used a box grater)
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup packed with chopped fresh cherries, pitted
- Coarse sugar for sprinkling on top before baking
- Chocolate whiskey sauce
- 2.5 Tbsp semi-sweet chocolate, chopped or chips
- ⅓ cup milk (I used whole milk but you can use any fat content)
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp heavy cream
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp good quality whiskey
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Adjust baking rack to the middle position. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or silicone mat and keep aside.
- In a bowl, as flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Grate the DirecTV butter on a player and add it in the stirred flour mixture. Mix it using your hands or pastry cutter until it resembles a coarse meal. Set aside.
- In another small bowl, add heavy cream, egg and vanilla extract. Stir it until it gets smooth. Add it to the flour mix and using a rubber spatula move t around very very gently until ask the flour send to be most. Do not over work the dough or you will get hard scones!!
- Slowly add chipped cherries and using your have just being it all together so cherries get evenly distributed but with minimum stirring of the dough. Try to father dough into a ball add much as possible and transfer to the lined baking sheet. Using your have pat it down into an 8" corridor and using a sharp knife cut in 8 slices. If you feel knife getting stuck, you can cost the knife with all purpose flour everyone you cut in the dough.
- Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Bake in a Porte heated oven for 22-25 minutes until to gets golden and inside gets cooked. Once out of the oven let them cool.
- Chocolate whiskey sauce
- Melt chocolate over a double boiler. I usually fill a pot with ⅓ water and bring to a boil. Then I lower the heat and place a glass or stainless steel bowl on top of the pot ( take a bowl that easily sits on the pot). I add the chocolate and make sure bottom of the bowl is not in contact with the water in the pot. In few minutes, chocolate will start to melt. Stir it around and once melted keep it aside. In another pot bring milk and sugar to a boil. Take it off heat and add heavy cream and chocolate and stir until mixed. At this point if you want thicker sauce, you can add more sugar. Once little cool, add whiskey and stir, serve over scones!
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What a great way to say “Good morning”, I have some sweet and juicy cherries in my fridge, I’ve been using them in different recipes recently, I’ll for sure try yours! Will have to skip the whiskey though.
Beautiful clicks and those cherries look so yummy 🙂
Thanks!
Whiskey sauce? Oh man, these would be amazing at Christmas. Maybe for Christmas morning breakfast 🙂
I love your idea!!
these sound delicious! esp. that sauce 🙂
Thanks Sarah!
I agree that scones made at home are by far the best! And these cherry ones, I can just imagine those deliciously tasty jewels in every bite. And I thin I am with you on the idea of a little chocolate whiskey sauce in my coffee. ; )
hehe thanks Crystal!
These look so delicious! I love scones, well really good scones. Dry scones are just not good. I bet those cherries are so good in these.
I totally agree with you Cindy!
These do not look dry or bland in the slightest! They key is that butter. You did an amazing job!
Thanks Mir!
Scones really are one of those foods that it seems hard to get perfect. I’ve never made them before, but I have also had some bad scone experiences. It looks like you have perfected them though! I love that you added cherries and this chocolate whiskey sauce sounds amazing!
Isadora I was so happy when I got them right! You should give them a try!
These scones sound fabulous, but it’s that amazing chocolate whiskey sauce that’s really calling my name … it sounds just incredible!
Helen you need to try these!
I’m totally with you on scones- I’ve had some really hard, bland and boring ones. But when they’re done right…they’re the best thing in the world! These look really lovely. Love the cherry idea- and can’t go wrong with a whiskey chocolate sauce. Wow!
Thanks! You are so right that can’t go wrong with a chocolate whiskey sauce!
Those are def the best looking scones I have ever seen. Fresh cherries! What a great idea. Now, how to make them gluten free for my belly? That’s a hard texture to duplicate 🙂
I felt the same way about scones every time I made them – too dry and hard. But reading your notes and recipe is giving me confidence to try again – these look great. Thanks!
I definitely go through scone phases -but this looks AMAZING. Cherries. Chocolate. Whisky. I’m sold! Love the triangle shapes too 🙂
These look amazing and I love the sauce!
Hi Ami, Love the attention you paid to these scones, the sauce sounds lovely.
I love scones and it’s always such a special breakfast treat 🙂 Yours look gorgeous! And wow, the cherry, chocolate and whiskey sound incredible!!!
I love really good scones and I order them often at this one local bakery. I haven’t been in a few weeks but now I’m wondering if they’ll do cherry? Everything they’ve done so far has been in season when they featured it. These look delicious Ami!
Bri I am so jealous knowing you have an amazing local bakery nearby!! I want all the flavors!
cant get enough of anything cherry related right now.. these scones look delicious. definitely going to make a batch in my kitchen, thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks Thalia!