Peaches and Cream Scones | It’s fitting that as I do a post for peaches & cream scones I am watching the movie “Stepford Wives”. You know the movie about the husbands that put microchips in their wives brains to make them into the perfect wife?
Can you picture it? Putting on a string of pearls, your best poodle skirt dress and a frilly apron to bake some peaches & cream scones, followed by an intense cleaning session, ending with a sparkling kitchen?
I did all of the above except I wore yoga pants, my husband’s softball t-shirt (with holes in it), my hair was unbrushed and my kitchen was not cleaned until….well I plead the 5th.
It’s like my life is right out of the screenplay of “Stepford Wives” if it was opposite day.
I saw a recipe for cream scones and thought how awesome it would be to make peaches and cream scones!
Peaches and cream are a classic combination, and turning that into a baked treat makes them dreamy.
peaches and cream scones
2 cups (10 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons chilled, unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
1 cup heavy cream
1 large peach, pitted and thinly sliced
2 tablespoons clover honey
1 tsp lemon zest
Although I have had my share of failed attempts when it comes to baking I seem to be able to make a pretty good scone. Of course, they are incredibly easy to make, so it’s right up my alley.
If this was a post about a lemon chiffon cake, this post would be about a horrible cake and me crying in a corner.
Pour yourself a glass of ice cold milk and grab a warm fresh scone. Caution your eyes may roll into the back of your head because of their tender creamy goodness. I’m just saying.
If you make them for your co-workers they will love you forever and take care of all those TPS reports for you. If you decided to keep them all to yourself so be it, I don’t judge…..Mmmmmkay.
Who can tell I’ve mood one from “Stepford Wives” to “Office Space” now?
If peach scones aren’t your thing, crazy, don’t worry I have lots of peach recipes in my archives. Maybe you want to try grilled peach and bacon pasta salad with herb vinaigrette, bbq rubbed pork chops and peaches, or peach ginger ice cream with rum caramel.
The point is to eat some peaches! They awesome!
more peach love:
- peach, mint & honey sorbet
- peaches & mascarpone cream eclairs with amaretti crumbles & caramel sauce
- fried peach with ice cream & honey chipotle sauce
Peaches & Cream Scones
Tender crumbly cream scones stuff with sweet ripe peaches. The perfect start to a morning.
Ingredients
- 2 cups (10 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons chilled, unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 large peach, pitted and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons clover honey
- 1 tsp lemon zest
Instructions
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in large bowl or in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a dough blade. Whisk together or pulse.
- If making by hand, use a pastry cutter and cut the butter into the flour until mixture resembles coarse meal. If using a food processor, distribute butter evenly over dry ingredients. Cover and pulse 12 times, each pulse lasting 1 second. Transfer dough to large bowl. Stir in heavy cream with a rubber spatula or fork until dough begins to form.
- Transfer dough and any dry, floury bits to countertop and knead the dough by hand just until it comes together into a rough, sticky ball, 5 to 10 seconds. Form the dough into a rectangle. Roll the dough out into a large rectangle to a little less than 1/2 inch thickness.
- Brush dough with cream, lay thinly sliced peaches, slightly overlapping, on half of the dough. Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with lemon zest. Fold dough in half over the peaches. Trim the edges of the dough. Cut into 6 squares and cut the squares in half to make triangles.
- Place triangles on parchment lined baking sheet, brush with heavy cream and bake until scone tops are light brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack for at least 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
I love how you write and cook of course 😉 Scones are a new territory for me. Do you think this would work with strawberries?
My sister and I just took our youngest sister to England for the first time and she’s become addicted to scones & clotted cream 😀
How wonderful, I just came across your site today. The peach scones looks so delightful, that I want one right now!
Love your website, you are too adorable and your peach scones are divine! Nettie from Moore Or Less Cooking.
I work with “OB” and was a lucky recipient of one of these and they were terrific. Thanks for the recipe. I love your website.