Cinnamon Chip Scones

keort's Note:

Kinda like Starbucks'.

• Total Time: 39 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

Cinnamon chips

• 2 tablespoons sugar (or 3 packets Stevia powder)
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tablespoons softened butter

Dough

• 2/3 cup whole grain flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar (or 3 packets Stevia powder)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 dash salt
• 1 tablespoon chilled butter, cut in small pieces
• 1/3 cup Greek yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon almond milk
• 1 teaspoon turbinado sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Cinnamon “chips”: Combine 2T sugar/1 packet Stevia, cinnamon and softened butter. Spread thinly on wax or parchment paper and microwave a few seconds at a time until becomes crystallized, so that upon cooling, you can break mixture up into cinnamon “chips”.
3. Dough: Combine flour, other 2T sugar/1 packet Stevia, 1 t cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter pieces with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yogurt, stirring until just moist.
4. Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead lightly 4 or 5 times (dough may be slightly sticky). Pat into 5" circle on baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Cut into 4 wedges; separate slightly. Brush with milk and sprinkle with Turbinado sugar.