Apple Cinnamon Scones with Caramel

Ingredients (12)

• 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled), plus more for hands and work surface250 g
• 2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
• 1 and 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 3.3 g
• ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
• 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, frozen113 g
• 1/2 cup (120ml) heavy cream, plus 2 Tbsp for brushing≈ 119 g
• 1 large egg, cold≈ 50 g
• 1/2 cup (100g) packed light or dark brown sugar100 g
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
• 1 heaping cup (125g) peeled and chopped apple*125 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• coarse sugarn/a
• 1/2 cup (145g) store-bought or homemade caramel sauce*145 g

flour 250 gbatter 779 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 660 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

• Butter45% · 79th percentile · median 33%
• Liquid48% · 34th percentile · median 52%
• Sugar40% · 93rd percentile · median 20%
• Egg20% · 71st percentile · median 16%
• Leavening4.6% · 57th percentile · median 4.4%
• Salt1.2% · 75th percentile · median 0.8%

Oven

Temperature

400°F / 205°C

median 400°F

Time

15 minutes

median 16 minutes