Brown Sugar Cinnamon Scones

I made scones! (again...) I know, I know, I already made scones...well those were savory and these are sweet! I love love love love these scones! I first tried the recipe out at work and they went over great! The scone itself is not overly sweet, it's nicely spiced, not over powering. I would eat these every morning if I would make myself make them all the time. 

I don't have an amazing story about these, except for the fact that they are awesome. So I'm just going to jump right into the recipe for you. Please try them!


Brown Sugar Cinnamon Scones

yield approximately 8 scones

egg  1 each
baking powder 1 Tablespoon
brown sugar 1/2 cup
ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons
flour 2 cups
salt 1 1/2 teaspoons
vanilla 2 teaspoons
unsalted butter, cold 6 Tablespoons
heavy whipping cream 3/4 cup

Icing
powdered sugar
cinnamon
water/cream

Preheat oven to 350 F
Combine all your dry ingredients. Add butter in cubes with paddle attachment until the mixture is crumbly. Then slowly add your vanilla, eggs, and cream. Mix until just combined, do not over mix. 
Form dough into a thick even circle on a floured surface. Cut into 8 wedges. Place on parchment lined sheet pan and bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes, or until firm. 
Let cool. Then to make icing: just combine powdered sugar with cinnamon, then add either water or cream until the consistency desired. Add more powdered sugar if too runny, add more liquid if too thick. And then ice your scones and enjoy!

Savory Scones

This week I made savory scones. At the request of my husband he wanted jalapeno cheddar scones. As we go shopping for the ingredients I asked if he really wanted cheddar or if he'd prefer something else? He opted for pepper jack (I knew he would). Then I asked how bout adding some bacon? He said do you have to ask?! Then while I was picking out some fresh jalapenos, he saw them.... the tiny, orange, deadly habanero... He couldn't be more excited to ask if I could add those as well. So this simple jalapeno cheddar scone evolved into a bacon, pepper jack, jalapeno, habanero scone! Wow!

The recipe I used is one I've used before that I found on pinterest. It was for a bacon, cheddar, scallion scone (which by the way is delicious!), and I tweaked it to my needs for the hubby's dream scone.

Some suggestions:1) I like to bake my bacon while my oven is preheating, but you are more than welcome to cook your bacon any way you like as long as it's cooked. 2)  Also if you are lucky, unlike me, buy pre-shredded cheese. I couldn't find shredded pepper jack (I have seen it before) so I had to grate the cheese myself, which isn't hard but c'mon who wants to do that? 3) Big one! While dicing habaneros wear gloves! Oh my goodness wear gloves! I have never worked with this pepper before, I know better than to touch my face or anything after handling peppers but my fingers literally got burned from them. 4) Sprinkle some flour onto your counter and press the dough into a thick flat circle and cut into 8 wedges (see picture) I like doing it that way the best, or you can form the dough into a rectangle and cut wedges, or be unconventional and make crazy shaped scones! Be creative!

Bacon, Pepper Jack, Jalapeno, Habanero scones:

preheat oven to 400 F

yield 8 scones

bacon, diced   6 slices

all purpose flour     10 ounces

baking powder   2 tsp

sugar       1 tsp

salt     1/2 tsp

cheese, shredded   5 ounces

cold butter, cubed   5 Tb

heavy cream     2/3 cup

jalapenos,diced  2 each

habaneros, diced   2  each

measure flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into mixing bowl. add cold butter and paddle till mixture looks crumbly. add cheese and peppers mix till ingredients are dispersed. add heavy cream, mix until just combined. press dough into desired shape and cut 8 wedges. bake at 400 F for 10 minutes, rotate then bake another 10 minutes. Bottoms should be golden brown, and middles firm.