Tangerine Scones Fingers Recipes

Steps:

• In bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cardamom, baking soda and salt.
• Stir to combine. A.
• dd butter or margarine and mix in using pastry blender or two knives until crumbly then set aside.
• Wash and peel tangerines.
• Cut into 1/2-inch pieces, removing seeds and drain well.
• Stir into dry mixture.
• In small bowl, combine yogurt and eggs whites.
• Blend into dry ingredients, dough will be soft.
• Flour a cutting board and place dough on board.
• Sprinkle top with additional flour and pat out into a 9-inch round.
• Cut into twelve wedges. Spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• Using a spatula, place scone wedges on cookie sheet and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 18-22 minutes until golden brown.
• Cool slightly.
• Glaze:
• In small bowl, mix confectioners sugar, lemon peel and juice.
• Brush glaze on each scone and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk flour, 1/3 cup sugar, peel, baking powder, and salt in bowl to blend. Add 1/2 cup chilled butter. Using fingertips, rub in until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in cranberries.
• Whisk crème fraîche, tangerine juice, and egg in medium bowl to blend. Gradually add to flour mixture, using fork to toss until moist clumps form. Knead dough briefly on lightly floured surface until smooth. Pat dough into 8-inch round. Cut into 8 equal wedges. Transfer to prepared baking sheet, spacing apart. Brush with melted butter; sprinkle with raw sugar.
• Bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. (Can be made up to 1 month ahead. Cool completely. Wrap in aluminum foil; freeze. Serve at room temperature.)
• Also called turbinado or demerara sugar; available at natural foods stores and most supermarkets.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. With a fine Micro plane remove the zest from tangerines, reserving tangerines for use in icing. Combine all four ingredients for the icing and set aside to glaze the scones once cooked and cooled. In a food processor pulse flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, salt, butter and zest until mixture resembles coarse meal and transfer to a large bowl. **(Bakers Note: run the processor a bit longer until the true coarse meal looking) In a small bowl toss together cranberries and stir into flour mixture. If using dried fruit, add to flour mixture. In another small bowl lightly beat egg and yolk and stir in cream. Add egg mixture to flour mixture and stir until just combined. On a well-floured surface with floured hands pat dough into a 1-inch-thick round (about 10 inches in diameter) and with a knife cut into 16 wedges, dusting the knife with flour in between segmented cuts. Transfer wedges to prepared baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake until tops of scones are golden brown, about 15-18 minutes. Allow scones to cool on baking sheet 10 minutes., or until pale golden brown. Place scones on cooling rack to finish cooling, approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. Allow the scones to cool completely and drizzle in a zig-zag pattern across scones. You may also finish the scones with a white or colored sanding sugar Scones keep, individually wrapped in plastic wrap and foil, chilled, 1 day or frozen 1 week.