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Bacon-Date Scones with Orange Marmalade Glaze

Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Mar 31, 2014
Bake-Off® Contest 45, 2012
Joanne Opdahl
Venice, California
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Bacon-Date Scones with Orange Marmalade Glaze

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 35 min
  • Ingredients 11
  • Servings 16
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Ingredients

Scones

  • 2 1/4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup chopped precooked bacon
  • 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 3/4 cup whipping cream
  • 1 egg

Glaze

  • 1/2 cup sweet orange marmalade
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 1 large cookie sheet with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar and baking powder; mix well. Using pastry blender or fork, cut in 6 tablespoons butter until mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
  • Step 
    2
    In small bowl, stir together bacon, dates and nuts. Stir 1 cup of bacon mixture into flour mixture; set remaining bacon mixture aside. Make a well in center of flour mixture. In small bowl, lightly beat cream and egg together with wire whisk. Pour into well of flour mixture. Stir with fork until flour mixture is moistened. Gently form into 2 balls.
  • Step 
    3
    Place balls about 3 1/2 inches apart on cookie sheet; pat each into 8-inch round. Using knife dipped in flour, cut each round into 8 wedges; do not separate. Sprinkle top of each round with remaining bacon mixture. Press mixture into dough.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
  • Step 
    5
    In small microwavable bowl, microwave glaze ingredients on High 20 to 30 seconds or until melted, stirring until smooth. Spread glaze evenly over the 2 rounds. Carefully separate into 16 wedges. Serve warm.

Nutrition

250 Calories
13g Total Fat
4g Protein
29g Total Carbohydrate
12g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
250
Calories from Fat
120
Total Fat
13g
20%
Saturated Fat
7g
33%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
45mg
15%
Sodium
230mg
10%
Potassium
105mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
29g
10%
Dietary Fiber
1g
5%
Sugars
12g
Protein
4g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
6%
6%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
8%
8%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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