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Applesauce/Banana Nut Scones

Here's how you make Applesauce/Banana Nut Scones
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 25m
  • Cook: 30m
  • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 banana (large ripe)
  • 1/2 cup applesauce (or enough to bring mashed banana up to 1 cup)
  • 4 tablespoons milk
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • FOR GLAZE
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoons milk (more or less)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Mash the banana and add enough applesauce to make one cup. Stir in the milk, sour cream and vanilla extract.

  • Step 2: In a large bowl whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together. Cut the butter into pieces and cut it into the dry ingredients using a fork, pastry cutter, or your finger tips until there are no pieces of butter larger than a pea. Stir in the walnuts.

  • Step 3: Add the banana/applesauce mixture to the flour and stir just enough to incorporate all of the flour - don't over mix or they will be rubbery.

  • Step 4: Line a dinner plate with a piece of parchment paper, sprinkle well with flour and turn the dough out on top. Pat it into a disk about 1-inch thick, sprinkle with flour and cover with another piece of parchment paper. Put in freezer for 30 minutes.

  • Step 5: Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment. Peel off the top layer of parchment paper and invert the scones onto the baking sheet, peeling off the second layer of parchment paper.

  • Step 6: Slice the scones into eight wedges. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the scones are firm to the touch, a toothpick inserted comes out clean, and golden-brown around the edges.

  • Step 7: Cool completely and cut apart any scones that baked together.

  • Step 8: To make the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar and cinnamon. Then whisk in milk till it's just thin enough to drizzle over top of scones.


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