A good scone and a hot cup of tea is a recipe for a happy day. But a good scone is hard to find. The fine ones, are moist on the inside and golden crusty on the outside. Airy, flavorful and tender! If you find yourself craving for one, try your hands at these Easy Fruit Scones.
I have a tendency to hoard on chocolate, dried fruits, sprinkles and all kinds of crockery. Because I need them for my baking and photography experiments. This huge box of candied fruit had been sitting in my refrigerator for more than a month. I had been contemplating what to make with them.
There is a lovely recipe for Fruitcake Biscotti on the blog. And there are a couple of fruit cakes here too. My other favorite tea-time treat, the Tutti Fruity Cake is a fairly simple buttery vanilla cake with lots of fruits and nuts in each bite. But since I wanted something fancy, I settled in for these Easy Fruit Scones. The recipe is very simple and you can’t really goof it up.
Certain tips to keep in mind, when making any kind of scones:
Unlike cakes, scones are always made with cold refrigerated ingredients. Cold ingredients ensure that the final scone is flaky and rises higher. Just like with cookies, using room temperature butter can cause spreading.
Double sifting the flour and baking powder makes scones airy and allows them to gain a good height.
When making scones, don’t knead and work the dough too much or else the gluten will tighten up.
Scones need to be baked carefully, just until the outside is golden. If baked any longer, they are tough and dry.
These Easy Fruit Scones stand perfect on all accounts. I made these over the weekend and everyone loved them. Both my siblings had a hard time waiting to eat these while I finished with my photography. I made both round and triangular scones. The round ones were a favorite with all. We ate them like sandwich cookies, with lots of cream and jam filled in between.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour (and little more to work the dough)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup cold grated unsalted butter
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup + 3 tablespoon sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 cup mixed dried candied fruits
- ¼ cup chopped toasted cashews
- ½ cup icing sugar
- 2 tablespoon cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C or 400F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Double sift the mixture to make it airy and well combined. Mix in sugar.
- Add the grated butter and with a fork, cut the butter in. You can use your hands to knead it in. Some small clumps can remain.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg with the vanilla and sour cream.
- Pour wet mixture over dry and combine everything together with a spatula. Don’t overmix, just bring the dough together. Fold in the fruit and cashews.
- Sprinkle some flour over a clean kitchen counter and lightly coat hands too. Turn the dough onto the floured surface and divide into two large rounds.
- Assemble the first dough into a round with hands and cut into neat wedges. Dip the knife into flour between each cut.
- Roll and press the second dough with hands upto 2.5 centimetres thickness and then cut small rounds using a cookie cutter. Dip the cutter in flour between each cut.
- Using a spatula transfer them onto the prepared baking sheet and keep at least 2 inches apart from each other.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until scones are lightly golden and cooked through. Allow them to cool on baking tray before removing.
- Make the glaze by mixing the sugar and cream until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the scones and serve them with jam and butter.
Notes
You can use milk or eggwash to brush the tops of the scones before baking. It gives them a beautiful color.
The Easy Fruit Scones make for a great winter breakfast or a lovely snack with your evening tea. They are only mildly sweet and hence love a good splashing of jam on them. What are your favorite kind of scones? Sweet or savoury?
55 Comments
I love taking scones to share with my girlfriends when we meet every other week. These look perfect—I’ve never used sour cream in mine, so I can’t wait to try these 🙂
It feels so lovely to take something home baked when meeting friends! Thanks for the love Liz????
I sold a number of scone flavors at my coffee shop, the favorite was chocolate chip of course. But I prefer fruit ones! These look perfect
I love chocolate chip scones too! But this box of fruits needed to be used????
I love these scones and the pics Deepika. Adding the fruits and sour cream is a wonderful twist, Awesome baked treat 🙂
Thank you so much Neetha???? I am trying to work on my photography! But still a long way to go!
These look so tasty Deepika! I love the addition of the fruit, these would go perfectly with a nice cup of tea 🙂
Thank you Hope???? I love dry cakes, cookies and scones with evening tea????
I’ve never met a tender scone I didn’t like! I love how you’ve added fruit! These are stunning any way you slice them!
Thank you Annie???? You are right! They are all good if they are moist on the inside!
Looks so yummy Deepika!! Something I would definitely love with a hot cup of coffee. Mmmmm 🙂
I know! Scones are so good with a hot cuppa! Thanks Kelly????
Such a beautiful share D… Love the way u shot the pics❤ and the scones…. an absolute delight to the senses… ????????
Thank you so much Jyo???? I am always so happy to see a comment from you!
Mmmm… my mouth is watering. Loved the addition of dried candied fruits in it, Thanks.
Thank you Puja???? I hope you try them sometime!
Your description of the perfect scone is excellent, Deepika! They need to be nice and crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. It’s been a while since I’ve made scones, and I should try this one out. I love the tutti frutti twist here! Kinda like fruitcake…but way better! 🙂 I would have had a hard time waiting to grab one of these, too!
Thank you so much David???? I have picked the tip of grating butter from your blog only????
Deepika, I love your photos of these scones – they look so appetizing, and just perfect in texture! I just love a good scone, and you’re right, they are hard to find! Will pin with the hopes of making them soon!
Thank you Laura???? I hope you make them and love them as much, as we do!
Scones are my favorite Deepika. I just made a batch myself. I love the fruit in these. They look yummy!
I am glad you like these!Thank you so much for dropping by????
I love a good scone! I don’t usually add mix-ins to mine, but these are so pretty that I think I’m going to have to give it a try!
Thank you Tracy???? I love mine with chocolate chips or some dried fruit! But I will try them without anything next time too!
You know I love scones! These look terrific – love the fruit in there!
Yayy! Thank you Kathy????
These look delicious and are a huge memory of home for me, my mum and grandma bake amazing scones! You’ve reminded me that it’s been a while since I made any. I love that you used mixed fruits, it makes them look more exciting! I would never have thought of using candies fruits in scones!
Thank you so much Kay???? Family tested recipes are treasures! I hope you make them soon and put up the recipe on your blog for us to try too!
Hello Deepika….! Really this fruit scones….amazing and must this more easy to make, and its looks soo good & yummy, I will try to making this scones with a hot cup of tea….Thanks for sharing
I am glad you like them Samantha! They are great with a cup of tea!Thanks 🙂
The scones look scrumptious Deepika!! I have never tried these using sour cream. I am trying to eat these in my head, imagining how beautiful their texture must be! Thanks for this lovely share. <3
Thank you so much Neha???? Sour cream is responsible for the moistness!
These look absolutely lovely. I am with you, a nice golden crunch on the outside and fluffy inside is a thing of beauty!
And it’s so difficult to find the good ones! It’s better to bake some at home :).Thanks for the love Carlee ????
We have similar ideas for what makes a happy day :). There’s nothing better than a cup of tea and some buttery pastry right? These scones look AMAZING and I’d love to be eating one with my tea this morning. . .maybe I’ll get around to it on Saturday! Have a great weekend, my dear!
Thank you so much Kelsie????????! Tea and a buttery pastry sound amazing! I hope your week is off to a great start????
Scones and tea make such a yummy and relaxing treat. And using the fruit in the scones sound so yummy. These look so perfect and delicious and I absolutely loooove your pictures of this post, it looks so good 🙂
Thank you Ashika???? I love using fruit in baking! Specially for tea time treats!
love that you put cashews in the scones! one (or a whole batch, please) with a cup of tea sounds perfect right about now (:
Haha! I know you love cashews as much as I do! Thanks for the love Heather????
They sound so wonderful! I love that lovely scone spread Deepika! Simply lovely!
Thanks Kim???? Scones are perfect with some jam and butter ????
I love a good scone with a cup of coffee! Soft on the inside and crispy on the outside. Sadly, I’ve never made them myself. Thanks for all the helpful tips Deepika! I’m definitely adding these to the baking list! Happy weekend!
Yay! Thanks Leanne! I would love to see a healthy scone recipe from your kitchen????
As a passionate lover of scones, this recipe won my heart, Deepika! I’ve never tried fruit scones but these ones seem finger-licking!
Thank you Agness! You will love these????
SuhWEET! I made scones for the first time last year and I love them! I’m adding this recipe to my scone list! Pinning!
That’s lovely Christina! I hope you like these! Thank you????
Love that you have loaded these scones with so much fruit Deepika!They look and sound delicious and like you said…”a recipe for a happy day”! Especially with cream and jam. You’re absolutely right…they need to be handled oh so gently!After seeing your beautiful captures, I’m tempted to run and bake some:)
And I am sure if you bake some scones, they would turn out to be the best and most amazing ones! Your baking skills are spot on???? Thanks for the love Divya????
A good scone is hard to beat especially with a hot cup of tea/coffee. Studded with candied fruits and cashews, these scones remind me of tutti frutti biscuits that I used to enjoy in India:)
Yes these are so similar to those biscuits! Glad they remind you of some sweet memories ????
Wow, this fruit scones sound delicious. Loved the addition of dried candied fruits in it. Will try it soon. 🙂
Thanks Puja! I hope you like them????
great recipe. i really love to make this kind of recipe because kids these days they dont like to have heavy stuff all the time glad i can make something delicious for them thanks to you 🙂