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The Good Earth Cafe's vegan organic apple, currant and orange scone
Ingredients
4 cups organic flour
5 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
4 tsp cinnamon
3 tsp ground cloves
cup brown sugar
2 cups organic orange juice
1 cup currants
1 tsp orange oil
2 organic apples
¼ cup brown sugar
Method
Combine organic flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ground cloves and brown sugar.
Combine juice and currants and microwave for 2 minutes. Add orange oil.
Add wet to dry ingredients and fold gently until combined. Do not overmix.
Leave to rest for 30 minutes.
Flatten on a tray. Use a rolling pin if needed.
Grate the apples on to the centre of the base and spread quarter of a cup of brown sugar
on top.
Roll mixture into a log and bake at 180degC for about 35 minutes.
Cut into slices.
Recipe requested by Teena Joyce, of Dunedin.
Recipe provided by The Good Earth Cafe.
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