Recipe of the Week: Pear Scones

Hmmm, decisions, decisions. All the fruit in that box looks tempting, but we're gonna go with the pears. And it's not just because they're in season and so yummy and full of nutrients.

No, those are all great reasons but to be honest, we're picking pears because we have this great recipe for scones that calls for pears. And, as previously mentioned, we kinda have a thing for breakfast so when the opportunity to incorporate pears into our morning meal presented itself we jumped at it with arms (and mouths) wide open!

Pear Scones

You need:

• 1 cup chopped pear
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/3 cup butter, chilled
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup half-and-half cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt
3. Cut in butter until the mixture has a crumbly texture
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg and half-and-half
5. Stir the egg mixture into the flour mixture until combined
6. Stir in the pear
7. Drop large spoonfuls of the dough onto an ungreased baking sheet
8. Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes
9. Rest on cooling rack before serving

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Recipe of the Week: Fresh Blueberry Scones

We woke up this morning thinking, as we often do, about breakfast. What to have? Cereal? Toast? Bagel? Not again. Boring. Blah. But we had a bagel anyway. Sigh. Then (when it was way past breakfast time) inspiration struck! It's blueberry season, and we should know, as Ruma's is currently rife with shipments of fresh Maine wild blueberries... this delicious little superfood is just the thing to perk up bland breakfasts!

Tonight the following recipe is being put into service so that tomorrow we can get excited about our morning meal! Homemade scones with fresh blueberries... mmmm... perhaps with a cup of tea... out on the veranda... with a little morning breeze whispering across the tips of the dewy grass. Okay, so it will probably be in the car on the way to work with a cuppa DD coffee - but it's still gonna be awesome!

Fresh Blueberry Scones

 You need:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour 
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, chilled
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 3/4 cup half-and-half cream
• 1 egg
• White sugar for sprinkling

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
2. Cut butter into mixture of flower, sugar, baking powder and salt
3. Add blueberries and toss to mix
4. In a separate bowl beat together cream and egg and slowly pour into dry ingredients, stirring with rubber spatula until dough forms 
5. Knead just until dough comes together, 3 or 4 times; don't over handle the dough
6. Divide dough in half; on a lightly floured surface, shape each half into a 6-inch round; cut into 6 wedges
7. Sprinkle sugar, to taste, on top of wedges 
8. Bake on ungreased sheet for about 20 minutes

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