Cinnamon Chip Scones

Submitted by keort

"Kinda like Starbucks'."

 

• Ready In: 39mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 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.

Reviews

[Annacia]

WOW, this is unique to say the least. The "chips" are unusual but I loved the way they came out. The scones are excellent when finished and should please most scone lovers. I will certainly have these again. So good still warm from the oven on a cold Fall day. Made for PAC, Fall 2021.