Naughty Rhubarb Scones
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Author Notes: My mom, who churned out many a tasty scone in her day, wasn't so hot on the idea of rhubarb in scones, "too tart, honey." Boy was she ever wrong. Rhubarb's tang is the perfect foil for the super rich scone (I subbed heavy cream for the milk and upped the salt in my mom's recipe, hence the naughty). You almost don't need jam, but if you went that route, strawberry would be a natural, and clotted cream for the full-on naughty experience. - Midge - Midge
Food52 Review: WHO: Midge is a journalist, mostly on the travel beat (feel free to envy her).
WHAT: A cream scone that needs no jam or butter.
HOW: Slice rhubarb, toss into a quick-leavened dough, pat, slice, bake.
WHY WE LOVE IT: As long as there's rhubarb to be had, this is our go-to weekend brunch and teatime snack. - A&M
Serves 12-16 scones
- 3 stalks rhubarb
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup vanilla sugar
- 2/3--3/4 cups heavy cream
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Slice rhubarb stalks 1/4 " thick. Toss with 3 tablespoons of the sugar.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in large bowl or bowl of food processor.
- Cut butter into flour mixture by hand (or whiz with food processor) until butter is the size of small peas.
- Blend in 1/4 cup of the sugar.
- Blend in sliced rhubarb. (If using the food processor, just pulse -- you want the slices left mostly intact.)
- Blend in cream until a soft dough forms. (note: you may need to add more than 2/3 cup depending on the weather,etc.)
- Transfer dough to floured surface and divide in half. To make triangular scones, flatten into 6-inch disks and cut each circle into 6-8 scones. Sprinkle with remaining sugar.
- Arrange on ungreased cookie sheet and bake about 20 minutes or until reddish-brown on top.
- This recipe is a Wildcard Contest Winner!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Rhubarb
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about 18 hours ago The Fiery Epicurean
Delicious and extremely easy to make!
about 11 hours ago Midge
Thanks! They are a cinch.
24 days ago Yasmin Hall
Made these last night, everyone loved them, they said they were moist and had just the right amount of tartness. Thanks for the Great recipe, my new favorite! : )
about 11 hours ago Midge
So glad to hear it!
29 days ago LucyRed
Yum!! Made these for brunch yesterday and everyone raved about them. I used fresh rhubarb and did add a lemon glaze to them which really complimented the rhubarb. Will absolutely make these again ~ with the lemon glaze. Thanks for the recipe!
about 11 hours ago Midge
Your glaze sounds like a lovely addition.
29 days ago mainesoul
I made these for Sunday breakfast. They were moist, flaky, and tasty. I had the leftovers this morning and they were still very good. They were easy to make and I will make them often.
about 11 hours ago Midge
They are good left over, I like to toast them.
about 1 month ago MSpiegel
I had some rhubarb in the freezer that I used. I chopped it frozen and then let it sit out while I did the rest of the prep and it worked just fine.
about 1 month ago CatalunaLilith
thank you!
about 11 hours ago Midge
thanks MSpeigel!
about 1 month ago CatalunaLilith
do you think frozen rhubarb would substitute well in here? it's not quite rhubarb season here, not for another 3 to 4 weeks, but i still have a bag of rhubarb from my garden last season.
2 months ago Christina @ Christina's Cucina
Since everyone is a rhubarb lover here, this is my recipe for rhubarb yogurt (which incidentally, tastes like dessert!) http://christinascucina...
2 months ago Mirta
and this rhubarb-central is awesome!
2 months ago Christina @ Christina's Cucina
I agree!
2 months ago Mirta
thank you for this, Joe. Will make a new try now!
3 months ago Mirta
Hi, would it be possible to specify measures for the rhubarb and the butter in the recipe? I totally failed this one and I think it's because I went wrong in the conversion to metric.
How many gr or cups rhubarb? I buy it frozen and it's already sliced.
How many gr or oz is a tablespoon of butter?
Also, what is "heavy cream"? is it crème fraîche?
I buy frozen rhubarb, f.ex., and it comes already sliced so "3 stalks" is difficult to measure.
3 months ago Joe Poughkeepsie
Found this site that give conversions (not SI units however)
http://www.rhubarb-central...
I calculated 1.25 cups is needed (equivalent to 3 stalks), but I used 10 oz bag (283g) of frozen red rhubarb which is actually 1.5 cups - I didn't want to deal with a 0.25 residual amount.
10 months ago Parrotmom
A friend at work brought me some rhubarb today and I remembered this recipe - absolutely delicious! Made them after work and ate them for dinner, warm from the oven with butter and a glass of milk. I used the food processor for everything but adding the cream and it worked out perfectely.
11 months ago Miachef
These are delicious! I liked the tartness, with just a hint of sweetness. For people who like things a bit sweeter, I would recommend macerating the rhubarb a bit longer...maybe at least an hour. I also used regular sugar instead of vanilla sugar, and it worked out fine. I mixed the dry ingredients and the butter in a food processor, but then added the rhubarb and cream while mixing by hand; that way, I had nice chunks of rhubarb. Can't wait to make these again...might try this recipe using other types of fruit as well!
11 months ago em-i-lis
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These are terrific, Midge. My three year old and I took down half a batch one recent morning. I have found that they're even better the day after being made, retoasted. They also freeze beautifully!
11 months ago Midge
Thank you em-i-lis! I'm about to make a double batch for just that reason..
11 months ago eternalgradstudent
These are delish! The tart and sweet are perfectly balanced. Thanks for a great recipe!
11 months ago Midge
Thanks egs!
11 months ago Katie
I made these scones this morning and single-handedly ate the entire batch throughout the course of the day. They were so good (but oh, so naughty), I couldn't control myself. Great recipe; I enjoyed it immensely.
11 months ago Midge
Ha, thanks Katie. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's done that!
11 months ago Midge
How on earth did I miss this!? Thanks so much for the Wildcard nod and for all your wonderful comments. What a lovely surprise!
12 months ago chocbird09
They're so good! The rhubarb became almost creamy (though I think I'll chop more finely if mixing by hand like today or add more of it next time), the dough isn't overpoweringly sweet, and is so fluffy and moist. All the scones I had baked before (7 recipes? 8?) were dry and tough, so I'm really happy with those. What surprised me — and convinced to make them today, since I ran out of parchment when baked a rhubarb cake recently — was the ungreased baking sheet. Only one tip got stuck (and I kind of ate that scone straight from the pan, but shh!).
I added a few drops of vanilla extract to the cream instead of the vanilla sugar, and used a bit more than 2/3c of the cream. Also, I baked them a few minutes longer.
Definitely goes into my favorites. Thank you for such a great recipe!
12 months ago Alex R.
These came out really well, thanks!
My notes: I did not use a food processor at all and I didn't have heavy cream so I used a combination of sour cream and evaporated milk (and a splash of vanilla extract instead of vanilla sugar). It was a little awkward to mix the dough by hand after adding the wet ingredients because the rhubarb slices got in the way (I used 5 small/medium-sized stalks), and I was worried that I was overmixing it. Somehow it all worked out though, the baked scones had a good texture and I'm glad I kept the rhubarb pieces in tact.
12 months ago BonneH
Instead of clotted cream, we used non-fat Greek yogurt along with raspberry preserves. Yum!
12 months ago Ghost House Kitchen
I bake a lot and have a sort of obsession for biscuits and scones. This might be one of the best I've made! Of course I am a bit biased as I love rhubarb. I went out to get English clotted cream to fancy up even more! Delicious.