Carrot Cake Scones – The Keep At Residence Chef

Heat, home made scones are our love language! With spice-infused dough and a cinnamon glaze, these fairly scones are good for ebook membership, a child bathe, or brunch with associates. Made with freshly-grated carrots and chilled butter, these scones are tremendous moist with simply the correct quantity of flaky, buttery goodness.

For extra carrot cake love, attempt our traditional Carrot Cake or our Perfectly Soft Carrot Cake Cookies.

Make a batch of freshly baked scones for the remainder of the week with our straightforward, make-ahead and freeze-for-later choices. Whether or not you’re baking the pre-cut dough from the evening earlier than, otherwise you’re warming up leftovers from the freezer, you’ll have heat, home made scones able to go in minutes! We love these scones for his or her versatility and ease. Excellent for breakfast, to take in your technique to work, or for a simple after-school snack.

Ingredient Notes

• All-Function Flour: All-purpose goes to be your go to. May use bread or pastry flour, however it can change the feel barely.
• Sugar: Can scale back by half in the event you would favor a much less candy scone.
• Chilly Butter: Can use a cheese grater (small aspect), meals processor, or pastry cutter. Place in freezer for quarter-hour earlier than grating to assist it grate into little items.
• Heavy Cream: Provides richness to the dough, and when brushed on prime, helps the scones brown.
• Shredded Carrots: Finely shred carrots for one of the best consistency and texture.
• Walnuts: They not solely add texture but additionally complement the flavors of the carrot and spices.
• Powdered Sugar: For a thicker glaze, add 1-2 tablespoons at a time till you attain your required consistency.
• Vanilla Extract: Enhances the flavour. Pure vanilla extract is beneficial for one of the best style, however synthetic vanilla can be utilized in a pinch.

Glaze and Additions

Drizzle with our home made, cinnamon glaze. This glaze actually brings out the spices within the scone and appears fairly, too.

Sprinkle chopped walnuts on prime for the of completion. Topping with walnuts ties this complete recipe collectively, with the walnuts within the dough. Nonetheless, you possibly can add pecans as a substitute or use a mixture of each.

Including raisins to the dough or as a garnish can also be an ideal possibility, maintaining in step with traditional carrot cake flavors.

Grating Butter vs. Pastry Cutter

Utilizing a cheese grater so as to add butter to your scone dough is a nifty little trick that may make the method less complicated and sometimes more practical than utilizing a pastry cutter. Grating the chilly butter produces small, uniform items that blend evenly and rapidly into the flour, which is vital to attaining the right flaky texture.

This methodology could be a actual time-saver and is very helpful in the event you don’t have a pastry cutter. The truth is, we like this methodology even higher than utilizing a pastry cutter as a result of it distributes the butter into the flour completely for simply the fitting consistency and flakiness.

Make-Forward Possibility

This dough freezes properly to be made afterward. Make the dough and reduce into wedges, after which wrap in parchment paper and seal in a freezer bag. To make, thaw the dough and bake as directed.