Ginger and Cardamom Scones
Ingredients
- 3 cups All-purpose flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 3/4 tsp Ground cardamom
- 1/2 cup Butter unsalted
- 1/4 cup Ginger – crystalized
- 3/4 cup Sour cream
- 1/2 cup Granulated sugar
- 4 tsp Turbinado sugar
- 2 ea Eggs – large
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350ºF. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cardamom and salt.
- Cut the cold butter into small pieces. Pulse the flour mixture and the butter in a food processor just until it looks like crumbs.
- Add the ginger, sour cream and 1/2 cup of sugar and one egg and quickly pulse just to bring it together.
- Remove the bowl from the food processor and using an ice cream scoop, scoop out 1/3 cup scoops and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Whisk the remaining egg with 4 teaspoons of sugar, and glaze each of the scones generously. If need be make another batch to make sure they are generously glazed.
- Bake for 25 minutes, until golden brown