I sometimes ask them to suggest items they'd like to eat. My thoughts are that will help me try new things. One of the women who works there said she liked my scones and she wanted something with white chocolate. So these scones ended up being my next project....
I found the recipe on one of my favorite baking blogs. Here's the recipe, from My Baking Addiction. I didn't freeze the butter. I used my food processor and just pulsed the cold butter into the flour mixture.
WHITE CHOCOLATE CHERRY SCONES
2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour
1/3 cup (65 grams) sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons(113 grams) unsalted butter, frozen
1/2 cup (71 grams) dried sour cherries; chopped
1/2 cup (65 grams) white chocolate chips; roughly chopped
1/2 cup (115 grams) sour cream
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS:
1. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour mixture on the large holes of a box grater; use your fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse meal), then stir in dried cherries and white chocolate.
2. In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth; stir in vanilla.
3. Using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Use your hands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. (The dough will be sticky in places, and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as you press, the dough will come together.)
4. Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7- to 8-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick. Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles; place on a cookie sheet (preferably lined with parchment paper), about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature.
5. If desired, drizzle with melted white chocolate after the scones have cooled.
