Description
Tender buttery peach scones filled with fresh peaches and finished with a sweet creamy glaze. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or afternoon tea.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into cubes
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream for brushing
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup diced fresh peeled peaches
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut cold butter into the flour mixture until coarse crumbs form.
- Whisk together heavy cream and vanilla extract in a separate bowl.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir gently until dough forms.
- Fold diced peaches carefully into the dough.
- Shape dough into a 1-inch thick circle and cut into 8 wedges.
- Freeze scones for 15 to 20 minutes while oven finishes preheating.
- Brush tops with remaining heavy cream.
- Bake for 18 minutes or until golden brown.
- Whisk confectioners’ sugar, honey, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled scones before serving.
Notes
- Keep butter cold for flaky scones.
- Do not overmix the dough.
- Fresh peaches create the best flavor.
- Freeze shaped scones before baking for taller texture.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 scone
- Calories: 386
- Sugar: 24
- Sodium: 319
- Fat: 20
- Saturated Fat: 12
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 49
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 58