Mixed Berry Scones

Name: Mixed Berry Scones
Yield: Makes 8 scones
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces), frozen mixed berries; 3 tablespoons, confectioners' sugar; 3 cups (15 ounces), all-purpose flour; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, chilled; 1/3 cup (2 1/3 ounces), granulated sugar; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons, whole milk; 1 , large egg plus 1 large yolk; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1 tablespoon, honey

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2015, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit Desserts

SEASON 9

What does an antique store in rural western Massachusetts have to offer the test kitchen? Inspiration for big, bold, berry-filled scones.

SERVESMakes 8 scones

TIME1 hour

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To keep the (frozen) berries from bleeding into the dough, we tossed the berries in confectioners’ sugar. To get light and flaky scones, we discovered that treating the butter in two different ways was key. First, we processed half the butt...

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