plum – Peach Pear Plum Cafe

Another tasty treat from the tearoom to your home. Enjoy the smell of the sweet brown sugar, oats and plum fruit as it bakes so nicely in the oven. No nuts are involved in the making of this recipe just a delicious, crispy scone topped with yumminess. I hope you enjoy this sugary sweet scone as much as I do.

Scones:

Dry Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cups of Flour

1/3 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 cup of Oats

1 tbsp of Baking Powder

1/2 tsp of Salt

1/2 tsp of cinnamon

1 stick of frozen shredded butter

Wet Ingredients:

1 egg

1/4 cup heavy cream

2 tsp of vanilla extract

1/4 cup greek yogurt

1/2 cup diced plums

1 tbsp of plum jam

Toppings:

Glaze topping

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 tbsp clear vanilla extract

1 – 3 tbsp of heavy cream

Sprinkle topping – optional

2 tbsp flour

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp butter (melted)

2 tbsp oats

Instructions:

1.Preheat oven to 400 degrees

2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray tray with nonstick cooking spray.

3. In a large bowl, sift the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Then add in the oats.

4. Using a cheese grater (large holes) grate one stick of butter and blend until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. I strongly recommend using a cheese grater to cut the frozen butter. It is so much easier. Here is the one I used. I do get compensation if you click on this link and order. Cuisinart CTG-00-BG Boxed Grater

5. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, heavy cream, yogurt, plum jam and vanilla extract.

6. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

7. Gently add in the diced plum.

8. Pat the dough out into a circular shape that is about 1 inch thick. Cut into 6 – 8 equal wedges (use a pizza cutter).

9. Arrange the wedges on your baking sheet or scone pan. Using a basting brush, brush some heavy whipping cream over the tops of the scones.

10. Bake scones for 12 – 14 minutes or until light golden brown.

11. Remove from the oven and allow to cool while you mix the glaze.

12. To make the glaze, add the powdered sugar and vanilla into a small bowl.

13. Add the heavy whipping cream slowly (one tbsp at a time) until the mixture is easily pour-able but not runny. Drizzle the glaze over the scones.

13. To make the sprinkled topping, melt the butter in a small pan. Add in brown sugar, flour and oats until well blended and crumble like. Sprinkle brown sugar topping over the glazed scones and enjoy!

Sugar Plum Scones by PeachPearPlum

Occasionally things break, don’t let that be the end all and trash the item. Use your creative ideas and figure a way to reuse the broken item. For example, I was using this mirror as a chalk board for messages for parties and art festivals. Unfortunately it was dropped; the mirror shattered to pieces and the wood chipped on the edges. I thought about just tossing it and moving on, but then an idea came to me.

Last mothers day my husband installed a bar rack in our room and hung bathroom curtain hooks from it. I was able to hang my long necklaces from it and it was amazingly convent and appeasing to the eyes (yes that’s one of my adorable daughters posing for the camera).

His crafty work got my mind thinking, I could use the top part of the mirror board and turn it into a hanging rack for tea cups! It took a while and a lot of searching on Pinterest to finally get the right plan/idea in mind, so without further delay I give you my tea cup hanging rack (pear and plum colors):

Hope the following steps help you to try your hand at re-purposing broken items. Use those creative juices and feel free to use any tips and tricks stated below.

1. My husband did a great job cutting this piece to a great size.

2. I sanded down the rough edges.

3. I then painted the piece using primer. Make sure to do at least two coats.

4. Make sure to lay your piece flat so that the paint doesn’t run.

5. Now for the first of many colored layers, I started with a lite green. Spray paint goes on smoother and doesn’t leave you with lines like a paint brush with leave. I did two spray painted coats.

6. I then porceded to tape off the sections that would be painted another color.

7. I highly recommend using a clear paint sealer once you’ve taped all areas needed. This way the paint won’t bleed under the tape and spread (as you’ll notice in some example pics below – step 9).

8. I used white primer paint first, then a plum purple I wanted see at the end of the project. Remember to check your garage/house for any leftover paint before purchasing new paint. It will save you a good bit of money.

9. Peel the tape off before the paint completely drys. And notice what happens if you don’t do the clear sealer before painting – pic on right.

10. Now it’s time for another layer – an extremely lite green color (closer to the pear color I like). Yes I sprayed over my hard work, and a little around the craftsmanship in the middle. This makes for a great layered effect later on – you’ll see.

11. I spray painted the hanging rod white first and then the lite pear green color. I sprayed it the same color as the main piece. I wanted it to blend in.

12. Using a foam brush and a darker pear green color, I painted particular areas that helps my piece stand out.

13. I carefully taped off lined areas and painted. First the clear sealer, then white primer, and last but not least the gorgeous plum purple color again. Once again I used a sponge brush.

14. It’s time to sand! Have fun with it. It doesn’t have to be perfect. As you can see, there is a great layering effect with the paint colors coming through – even got a little wood showing 🙂

15. I made sure to seal my paint work with a spray on sealer. This includes the rod.

16. While the sealer dried, I painted some shower curtain hooks plum purple to match the tea cup rack piece. I found these particular hooks at target. I love that they are flowers.