Vanilla Bean Sourdough Scones
Delicious scones with a light crumb that is has a delightfully fragrant vanilla flavor.
Equipment
- Food Processor or fork, or fingers.
Ingredients
Vanilla Bean : Dry Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup AP Flour
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Milk Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
Vanilla Bean: Scones Wet Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter (Very Cold) cut up into Tbsp peices
- 3 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/4 cup Sourdough Starter Discard or **1 Cup of Buttermilk
Vanilla Glaze
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 3 tsp Vanilla
- 3 Tbsp Milk
Instructions
- Line a baking pan with parchment paper of spray oil Set aside.
- Add Flour, Sugar, Milk powder, baking Soda and salt to your food processor and pulse until just mixed. (if mixing by hand whisk until all the dry ingredients are combined.
- Add the cold butter cut into TBSP pieces to the food processor and PULSE 10-15x until you see small pea sized pieces of butter throughout the flour mixture.
- Add 1 1/4 cup of Sourdough Starter ****OR 1 cup of Buttermilk at this point
- Add 3 Tbsp of Vanilla extract
- Pulse 5-10 times only. DO NOT OVER MIX.
- The mixture should be crumbly and barely hold together.
- Lightly dust a counter with flour and turn the scone mixture onto the counter.
- Gently press the scone mixture together into a disk about the size of a Frisbee it should be 1 inch to 2 inches thick. You want 1-2 thick Frisbee shaped scone dough.
- Cut the dough in half Then cut in 4ths Then cut in 8ths.
- This will create 8 triangular shaped scones. use a spatula to place them on the baking pan.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place the scones in the Refrigerator for at least 30 min to overnight to chill the butter.
- Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Take the chilled scones out of the refrigerator and place into the oven.
- Bake for 35-45 min.
- Remove the scones from the oven and allow to cool.
Vanilla Glaze
- Sift the powdered sugar to a medium sized bowl.
- Mix in vanilla an d milk until well combined.
- Pour over the Scones and enjoy.