Buttermilk Bacon Kumquat Scones: A Delicious Recipe

Urban Palate buttermilk bacon kumquat scone recipe

A moist, tender savory scone is the perfect way to say "I Love You" — and is really the perfect snack for any time of day -from breakfast to a late-night snack. Thanks to Urban Palate we have a terrific Buttermilk Bacon Kumquat Scone Recipe that will satisfy any palette. Tip* wrap them up and serve them to guests as wedding favors to enjoy the morning after your wedding. This tasty recipe was photographed by Marble Rye Photography.

Baking ingredients: flour, bacon, lavender, and kumquats

Buttermilk Bacon Kumquat Scone Recipe - Yield- 20 scones Dry Ingredients
3 1/4 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
6oz or 3/4 cup very cold butter Wet Ingredients
1 Egg
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
5 strips bacon
1/2 cup rough chopped kumquat (seeds removed)
For the scone topping
20 slices of kumquats Turbinado Sugar Buttermilk for brushing

Bowl of sliced kumquats ready to eat

Step One: Preheat oven to 400 Degrees. At this time put 6oz or 3/4 cup of butter in the freezer to ensure that your butter is very very cold. After that you can chop a 1/2 cup kumquats with the seeds removed.
Step Two:
In a medium pan cook bacon until just done (do not crisp!). Remove the bacon from the pan, let it cool and chop into ¼ inch pieces. Add rough chopped kumquat to the pan with the bacon drippings. Saute for about 1-2 minutes until soft. Remove kumquats and all drippings. Set aside and let cool.

Crispy bacon and caramelized kumquats cooking in pans

Step Three:
Remove butter from freezer and cut the butter into large cubes. Add butter to the dry ingredients. Using a pastry cutter, cut in butter until the butter resembles small peas.

Cubed butter on parchment paper next to knife

Step Four In a large bowl, combine the “dry ingredients.”

Baking ingredients: butter cut into flour in bowl

Step Five In a small bowl, whisk egg, buttermilk, maple syrup, vanilla, bacon and kumquat/bacon dripping mixture.

Baking ingredients: milk, dried fruit, and spices ready to mix

Adding wet ingredients to dry ingredients for baking

Step Six Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until moistened and throw some flour on a cutting board.

Woman's hands cutting delicious fruit scones

Step Seven Split your batter into 4 even balls and take one of the balls and pat into a disk that is about 1 ½ inch thick, then cut into pie –like slices (you should get 6 slices per round). Carefully put each slice on a parchment covered baking sheet. Brush with buttermilk, sprinkle with turbinado sugar and place one kumquat slice on each.

Six citrus scones on baking sheet ready for oven

Repeat this process until all of the batter has been utilized. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until slightly browned. Wrap them in cellophane and tie with twine for a lovely wedding favor that truly does say "Thank you for coming."

Homemade citrus scones ready to serve