Cherry Almond Sweetheart Scones

These Cherry Almond Sweetheart Scones are perfect for Valentine's breakfast.

Whip them up for all of your special valentines!

 I'm definitely on a homemade scone kick lately {remember my blueberry ones from last week here?}. I blame Downton Abbey for this new calorie-laden addiction. But seriously, how could I resist making them into Valentine-y heart-shapes? And adding cherries? And almond extract? And all kinds of Valentine-y yumminess? Check out the recipe below>>>
These were not difficult to make, either. If you've never made homemade scones before, this would be a great recipe to start with. It's super simple and pretty much fool-proof.

Cherry Almond Sweetheart Scones
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Ingredients:

- 2 cups sifted, all-purpose flour

- 3 tablespoons baking powder

- 3 tablespoons sugar

- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

- 1 stick salted, cold butter

- 1 (10 ounce) jar of Maraschino Cherries, (drained, but juice reserved)

- 1 teaspoon almond extract

- 1 cup heavy cream + 2 tablespoons, divided
- 1 cup white chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 

Drain jar of cherries and set aside the juice. Chop the cherries into halves.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Pulse just until blended. Cut in pats of the cold butter and process until mixture is crumbly, but not over-mixed (the butter pieces should be the size of small peas). Pour mixture into large bowl and fold in cherries and almond extract. Make a small well in the middle of the mixture and pour in heavy cream. Mix just until ingredients are combined.

Turn out dough onto floured surface and form a circle, with dough being about 1/2" thick. Cut hearts out with a cookie cutter. Take remaining 2 tablespoons of cream, add a splash of cherry juice (but save the rest for the final glaze) and brush over scones. Place scones on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Bake for 15-18 minutes, checking for doneness.
While scones are cooling, melt your white chocolate chips in a microwave according to package directions. Stir in two tablespoons of the reserved cherry juice (this tints the glaze pink!). Drizzle over scones.

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 Such a fun Valentine's breakfast treat! It's almost like having dessert for breakfast. Almost...I mean this is still totally justifiable. Totally.

Happy Heart-Shaped Season!

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