We just finish baking the scones and they are wonderful...light, not really, really sweet but still have a hint of sweetmess...we even sifted the brown sugar with the other dry ingredients.. never did that before, but make sure u do..the texture is wonderful. We are going to serve it with pear butter for breakfast on Christmas Eve morning... thanks for sharing the recipe !
These were very good but I definitely would not call them scones. At breakfast this morning we dubbed them "Pear Puddles":) because the do spread out a good bit and that's what they look like. I used 4 pears (didn't bother to measure just needed to get rid of them) and because of the reviews I added a little more flavoring. I used cinnamon ginger cardamom and some finely grated orange peel just because I had it. They were very tasty! We ate them with a little butter and they were sweet enough (but not too sweet) that they didn't need anything else. Will make again:) Thank you
I didn't measure the pears just used the last 3 that were in my fruit bowl. I can't get half and half in the UK so I usually use light cream. I wasn't paying attention when I took the container out of the fridge and had already mixed it in to the dough when I realised I'd used plain yogurt instead. I went with it anyway and they still turned out well. Absolutely delicious still warm and covered in honey. Many Thanks for something a little bit different.
I used whole wheat flour instead of ap flour 3 T honey instead of brown sugar oil instead of butter and soy milk in place of half and half. Maybe I should not review this with all my changes but this definitely was worth the try with fresh pears! Yum!
This are excellent. Nice, soft, thick dough. I added 1/2 tsp ginger to the batter and 1 pear=1 cup so for those who said batter was too thin and they spread like puddles, pay attention to the recipe. 4 pears??
The batter for these are more like a dumpling, a bit wetter than a real scone batter. I didn't have half and half so I substituted buttermilk for the liquid. We enjoyed these for our afternoon "coffee break'. I have added this to my keeper list as they are quick and easy but a nice change from regular scones.'
I'm going to have to disagree on this one. The dough was far too wet and the scones spread too much. The pear flavor was barely noticeable. They tasted OK to me, but not much like a scone at all. I'll stick with my traditional recipe and experiment with adding pears.
Great recipe! I made this because I have a pear tree and needed to use up some pears. One change: I substituted milk for the half-and-half and only added a little at a time until the batter was just barely moist (it was probably closer to 1/3 cup than 1/2 cup). This change made the batter just right not too wet. Delicious!
These scones were very good. Just enough sweetness and the pears are flavorful. I peeled and chopped 3 pears to yield the 1 cup called for in the recipe.
