Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Cinnamon Scones

Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1 egg, separated
3 tablespoons honey
1/3 cup buttermilk*
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
* I didn’t have this on hand, but easily made do with 1/3 cup milk and a squeeze of lemon juice for acid.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Then mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in the butter and mix until crumbly. In another bowl, mix the egg yolk (save the white for later) with honey and buttermilk until blended. Then, add to the dry mixture. Stir until just combined.

Using floured hands, form the dough into a ball on a floured surface, or parchment paper.

Roll or pat it out until it’s roughly a half an inch thick and 8 inches in diameter. Cut pizza style into equally sized pieces.

Put onto a greased baking pan, or again, use the parchment paper. Then, whisk the egg white until frothy and coat the tops of the scones. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle on top.

Bake for about 10-12 minutes.

According to the recipe, these are done. But you can add something special - glaze!
To make the glaze, mix a bunch of powdered sugar (or sucanat with honey ground in your blender to mimic the powdered sugar) with a touch of milk until nice and thick. Then, drizzle. Top with a dash of more cinnamon. Perfection!

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