Formulas
Double Cream Scones with Dried Tart Cherries
Developed exclusively for Progressive Baker by Toy Dupree
Quick, portable, and loaded with tart dried cherries, these flavor-packed scones are sure to add a taste of excitement to your morning coffee program. Rich and buttery, this style of scone is almost a cross between a biscuit and a cookie. Fresh cream contributes to its pleasing, moist texture. Plus, we give you simple formula variations that make it easy for you to create several great-tasting flavors from one basic dough. Enjoy!
Total Formula
| Ingredients | Weights |
True % |
Baker's % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Baker® H& R Flour | 4 lb |
1792 |
100.0 |
| Sugar | 15 oz |
420 |
23.4 |
| Baking Powder | 3 oz |
85 |
4.7 |
| Progressive Baker® Premium Baker's Salt | 1/2 oz |
14 |
0.8 |
| Butter, unsalted, very cold | 1 lb, 14 oz |
840 |
46.9 |
| Dried tart cherries, coarsley chopped | 15 oz |
420 |
23.4 |
| Heavy cream | 2 lb, 4 oz. |
1008 |
56.3 |
| Total | 10 lb, 3.5 oz |
4579 gm |
255.5% |
Process:
Combine all the dry ingredients. Cut the butter into small chunks. Incorporate butter into flour until mixture looks like very coarse meal. Add chopped cherries and mix gently to get even distribution.
Pour all the heavy cream into the dry mixture, and stir gently to just barely moisten dry ingredients. (Mixture will resemble very crumbly pie dough that sticks together only when pressed gently with the hands.) Handle dough with a light touch and don't let it get too warm or the finished scones will be heavy and doughy.
Scale dough into 3-1/2 lbs. units. On a floured surface, press each unit into a 1/2- to 3/4-inch thick disk. Cut into rounds with a 2-1/2- to 3-inch cutter. Arrange on parchment-lined sheets. Brush the tops of the scones with more heavy cream (or milk) and sprinkle lightly with additional sugar.
Bake in a 350°F convection oven for about 21 minutes, or until golden brown, and a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely before serving.
Variations: Blueberries with lemon zest, dried currants with orange zest, or coarsely chopped candied ginger are all good substitutes for the dried tart cherries.