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Cream Cheese Apricot Scones
This quick-baking handful of goodness incorporates cream cheese for a richer, moist texture and bits of dried apricots for bursts of sweetness.

Cook
15 minutes
Servings
8
Level
Easy
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 package (8 oz) Challenge Cream Cheese, cut into cubes
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- ⅓ cup chopped dried apricots
Directions
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1Preheat oven to 400° F.
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2Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a food processor bowl with steel blade and blend for 8 seconds (or whisk together in a large bowl).
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3Cut cream cheese into flour mixture and by pulsing 8 times with food processor (or use a pastry cutter), until mixture resembles coarse meal.
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4Whisk egg with milk. Add egg mixture to dry mix in food processor reserving about one Tablespoon. Pulse just until dough comes together (or create a well in dry ingredients, add egg mixture & stir just until moistened). Stir in apricots.
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5Turn dough onto floured surface and pat into 8-inch circle, approximately ½ to ¾- inch thick. Cut into 8 wedges (or cut 8 rounds with 3-inch biscuit cutter) and place on a parchment lined or buttered baking sheet.
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6Brush with reserved egg mixture. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm and spread with lots of Challenge Butter.
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!Cream cheese scones are moister and lighter and over mixing is much less of a problem.