Apricot, Walnut, and Blue Cheese Scones

Ingredients

• 2 1/2
  
  cups All purpose flour
  
• 2
  
  tablespoons Sugar
  
• 1
  
  tablespoon Baking powder
  
• 1
  
  teaspoon Kosher salt
  
• 8
  
  tablespoons Unsalted butter, cut into cubes
  
• 2
  
  Eggs
  
• 2/3
  
  cup Buttermilk (alternatively, you can use ⅔ cup whole milk with ½ tablespoon lemon juice stirred in)
  
• 1/2
  
  cup Walnuts, chopped
  
• 20
  
  Dried apricots, quartered
  
• 4 1/2
  
  ounces Blue cheese, crumbled into large chunks
  

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in butter until coarse lumps form. Add eggs and buttermilk and mix until well combined.
3. Stir in walnuts, apricots, and blue cheese. Use your hands to knead the dough in the bowl until ingredients are mixed throughout.
4. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and shape into an 8 inch round. Cut round into 8 even triangles. Transfer scones to a parchment paper lined baking sheet. At this point, you can freeze the scones.
5. Bake for 25 minutes, until scones are golden brown. Some cheese may ooze out the sides. If baking scones from frozen, bake for 30-35 minutes.
6. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.