Apple Scone Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, cold and cut into pieces
• 2 large eggs, divided
• 1/2 cup milk, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 lb granny smith apple, peeled, cored, and cut into 1 inch chunks
• 2 -3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f
• 2 butter a 9 inch glass pie plate.
• 3 in a small bowl whisk together one egg and 1 tablespoon from the 1/2 cup milk. set this aside, it will be used as a glaze for the top of the cake.
• 4 in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• 5 cut the butter into small pieces and blend into the flour mixture with a pastry blender till it looks like coarse crumbs.
• 6 in a separate small bowl whisk together the remaining one egg, remaining milk, and vanilla extract and add to the flour mixture, stirring just until the dough comes together.
• 7 transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead dough gently four or five times and then divide the dough in half.
• 8 pat one half of the dough onto the bottom and up the sides of the pie plate.
• 9 in a separate bowl toss together the cut apples, sugar and cinnamon.
• 10 spread the apples evenly over the dough in the pie plate.
• 11 roll the remaining dough into a 9 inch circle, on a lightly floured surface, and gently place the dough over the apples.
• 12 with your fingers seal the edges of the top and bottom crusts.
• 13 brush the top of the dough with the egg and milk glaze, and sprinkle with sugar.
• 14 cut a slit in the center of the dough to allow the steam to escape.
• 15 bake in the preheated oven for about 35 - 45 minutes or until the pastry is nicely browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 16 cool on a wire rack. serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.