Wheat Flour Peach Scones

I have an peach which is alone and lonely in my fridge. As I love peach cobbler very much I want to cook some thing with my lonely peach. I goggled and found this recipe "Peach Scones".  As per wiki Scone is a single serving cake or quick bread made with wheat, barely or oatmeal using baking powder as a leavening agent....

I found recipes using all purpose flour and sugar. But I don't like to use both much in my cooking so I replaced them with whole wheat flour and brown sugar / Jaggery / Bellam. Before making and tasting these scones I want to reduce my quantity to 6 as I don't know how they gonna taste. But this time I will double my quantity as they were so tasty. We can have them as breakfast or at tea time. One more reason I like them as they are not too sweet and contain a fruit in it.

Yield : 12
Prep Time :  15 min
Cook Time : 18 - 20 min 

Ingredients:

• Whole Wheat Flour - 2 cups
• Cold Butter - 5 tsp, cut into pieces (*see note)
• Brown Sugar / Jaggery - 1/2 cup
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Baking Powder - 1 tablespoon
• Nutmeg powder  - 1/4 tsp
• Large Eggs - 2
• Yogurt / Curd - 1/3 cup
• Vanilla / Almond Extract - 1/2 tsp
• Diced Peaches - 1 cup
• Coarse Sugar - 2 tsp 

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.  Grease a scone pan or a baking sheet. (I used my pizza pan).
• In a bowl, Mix together the flour, brown sugar, nutmeg, salt and baking powder.
• Add butter to the flour mixture, using your fingertips or a pastry blender.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, yogurt / curd, and vanilla or almond extract.
• stir this mixture into the dry ingredients and add the peaches and stir until well combined.   
• Divide the dough and fill the scone pan, or drop 1/4 cupful onto a baking sheet.

• Sprinkle the scones with coarse sugar, and bake them until they're golden brown, 18 to 20 min.

 

Note:

• Better to use unsalted butter, if using salted butter no need to use salt.