Apple scones
Apple scones are the perfect autumn bake. Filled with fresh apple with a hint of cinnamon, they’re delicious served with a cup of tea.
Apple scones are a great autumn bake for using up fall apples. We’ve taken our basic scone recipe, and added some fresh apple and delicious cinnamon flavour to create the perfect autumnal bake.
With this easy recipe you can rustle something delicious in no time, then enjoy them warm served with a little (or a lot) of jam.
How can kids help to make apple scones?
Scones are a really simple bake so this is a great recipe for kids to help with. There are only a few ingredients and everything is mixed together in one bowl which means there’s no need for any special equipment like mixers.
Children will be able to help measure and mix everything together. They also have the chance to get their hands a bit messy rubbing the butter and flour together as well as forming the scone dough, which is a fun tactile job kids love to do.
If you have slightly older children who can use a grater they can help prepare and grate the apples.
Finally, an easy job kids can do is pat down the dough before cutting out the scones. If your kids love playing with play dough, they should enjoy this step.
What can I use instead of self raising flour?
This recipe uses self raising flour, which is easy to find here in the UK. If you don’t have any you can swap it for an equal amount of plain or all-purpose flour and add an extra 3 teaspoons of baking powder.
How do I get my scones to rise and be fluffy?
The hardest part of making scones is making sure they are light and fluffy. And there’s a few things you can do to help your scones rise better. The first, and most important, is being as gentle as you can with the dough particularly when you’re bringing it together into a ball. Make sure your children stop kneading the dough as soon as it comes together so you don’t over work it which will stop it rising so well.
Pat the scone dough out gently with your hands rather than rolling it out with a rolling pin. And, when you use your cutters try and push them straight down rather than twisting and turning them.
Finally, you also need to make sure you’re using in-date baking powder and/or self raising flour. These both have an expiry date and if you use it after that date, you might find your scones won’t rise as well.
How long do apple and cinnamon scones keep?
I personally like my scones when they’re still a little bit warm from the oven. They’re generally at their freshest and best eaten on the day you make them, but if you want to keep them for longer put them in an air tight container at room temperature and they should keep for a day or two.
If you’re having them the next day, you can warm them slightly before you serve them if you like.
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Useful equipment
You might need the following baking tools/gadgets to make these apple scones
Digital scales
Mixing bowl
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Measuring jug
Wooden spoons
Baking tray
Pastry brush
Wire rack
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Ingredients
250g (3 1/2 cups) self raising flour
1 teaspoons baking powder
a pinch of salt
50g (1/4 cups) butter
25g (1/8 cups) caster sugar
75ml (1/4 cups) milk
1 apple, grated
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
How to make apple and cinnamon scones
Preheat your oven to 180C / 170C Fan / 350F and line one or two baking trays with baking or parchment paper
Rub the flour and butter together
Start by getting your kids to measure out the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt and add them to a large mixing bowl. When you’re measuring the baking powder, make sure that your child uses their finger to level the teaspoon before adding it so that you measure out just the right amount.
Measure the butter, then get your kids to cut it into small pieces, or even use a grater and grate it into your bowl. Cutting the butter is a great job for kids to do if they want to practice their chopping skills as your can use a blunt knife to do it and it doesn’t really matter if everything doesn’t end up the same size. Add the butter to your mixing bowl.
Using your fingertips rub the butter and flour together until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. This is a fun, tactile job that even young children can help with and enjoy.
Prepare the apples
Get your kids to help peel the apples (if they are old enough to use a peeler), and then grate them. Again, be very careful with little fingers using the grater. Sometimes is safer to let the kids start grating the apple, but then take over when the pieces get smaller.
Add the grated apple, along with the sugar, baking powder and cinnamon to your mixing bowl. When you’re measuring out the cinnamon and baking powder, make sure your kids use their finger to level the teaspoon so that you add just the right amount.
Mix everything together until it is well mixed. Make sure the pieces of apple are well coated in flour and not clumped together.
Add the egg and milk
Measure out the milk. If you have digital scales, using the ml setting on them is the easiest and most accurate way of doing this. If not, a measuring jug or measuring cup will do.
Get your kids to crack the egg into a small bowl. We never add it straight in just in case any shell goes in. If it does, simply fish it out with a larger piece of shell or a small spoon. Pop the egg into the milk and whisk them both together.
Pour the milk/egg mixture into your mixing bowl, leaving around a tablespoons worth in the jug for later.
Gently stir it all in until it starts to come together. You might find it easier at this point to use your hands to bring it all together.
Make the apple scones
Once your dough has come together, rather than using a rolling pin, get your kids to pat the scone dough down until it is all about 2cm thick.
Use a circular cutter to cut out your scones and place them on your prepared baking tray. We used a small 5cm cutter, but you could use any size and just adjust the cooking time up if you make them bigger.
Bring the scraps together, pat them down again then cut out some more scones. Repeat this until you’ve used up all the dough.
Finally, get your child to brush a little of the remaining milk/egg mixture over the top of each scone.
Bake the apple scones
Bake the scones in the oven for 15-20 minutes (or slightly longer if you have made bigger ones). They’re ready when they are well risen and have turned a nice golden colour.
Remove them from the oven and leave them on the baking tray to cool for a few minutes before putting them on wire rack to cool completely.
Serve with some blackberry jam and clotted cream (optional).
Apple and cinnamon scones
Equipment
- Digital scales
- Mixing bowl
- Measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- Measuring jug
- Wooden spoons
- baking tray
- Pastry brush
- Wire rack
Ingredients
- 250 g (1 ½ cups) self raising flour
- 1 teaspoons baking powder
- a pinch of salt
- 50 g (¼ cups) butter
- 25 g (⅛ cups) caster sugar
- 75 ml (¼ cups) milk
- 1 apple grated
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C / 170C Fan / 350F and line one or two baking trays with baking or parchment paper
Rub the flour and butter together
- Start by measuring out the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt and add them to a large mixing bowl. Measure the butter, then cut it into small pieces, or even use a grater and grate it into your bowl. Add the butter to your mixing bowl.
- Using your fingertips rub the butter and flour together until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Prepare the apples
- Peel the apples, and then grate them. Add the grated apple, along with the cinnamon, baking powder and sugar to your mixing bowl. Make sure you use your finger to level the teaspoons so you add just the right amount of baking powder and cinnamon.
Add the egg and milk
- Measure the sugar out and add it to your mixing bowl. Mix it in.
- Measure out the milk. If you have digital scales, using the ml setting on them is the easiest and most accurate way of doing this.
- Crack the egg into a small bowl thetn add it into the milk and whisk them both together.Pour the milk/egg mixture into your mixing bowl, leaving around a tablespoons worth in the jug for later.
- Gently stir it all in until it starts to come together. You might find it easier at this point to use your hands to bring it all together.
Make the apple scones
- Once your dough has come together, rather than using a rolling pin, pat the scone dough down with your hands until it is all about 2cm thick.
- Use a circular cutter to cut out your scones and place them on your prepared baking tray. We used a small 5cm cutter, but you could use any size and just adjust the cooking time up if you make them bigger.Bring the scraps together, pat them down again then cut out some more scones. Repeat this until you've used up all the dough.
- Finally, brush a little of the remaining milk/egg mixture over the top of each scone.
Bake the apple scones
- Bake the scones in the oven for 15-20 minutes (or slightly longer if you have made bigger ones). They’re ready when they are well risen and have turned a nice golden colour.
- Remove them from the oven and leave them on the baking tray to cool for a few minutes before putting them on wire rack to cool completely.
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