Fruits Rouges Scones

 Today I made "fruits rouges" (red fruits) scones. Fruits rouges is a common French ensemble, whether as a frozen berry mix, ice cream flavor, or an infusion (the French term for herbal tea).

Experimental Procedure:
The recipe is yet another variation on my chocolate chip scone recipe: link here
Instead of using chocolate chips or a mixture of chocolate chips and fruit as I have with previous versions, I used a 1.5 cups of frozen fruits rouges.

Observations:

I am not sure why this batch came out rather "blob-like" in shape, possibly from extra moisture in the fruit, possibly from an improperly heated oven. The purple color makes it harder to determine when the scones are fully cooked, and although I baked these scones for 18 minutes perhaps I should have baked them longer.

The lack of chocolate and the tangy/tart flavor of  fruits rouges resulted in the scones not being sweet. Thankfully this can be remedied with a little powdered sugar. See figure 1.

figure 1.