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Sweet Baked Scones

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Scones don't need to be fried to be delicious! These soft and fluffy baked ones with a sweet top are perfect for breakfast, brunches or a midnight snack!!!

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Why Choose This Recipe
Ingredient Notes
Step by Step Instructions
Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips
Sweet Baked Scones

Why Choose This Recipe

Perfect brunch or Breakfast Recipe!
Easy!
Baked not fried!
Soft, light and fluffy!

Ingredient Notes

Flour - all purpose, never self rising.
Butter - can be either salted or unsalted.

Step by Step Instructions

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
Pulse the flour, ⅓ cup sugar and the baking powder in a food processor to combine. You can also do this in a mixing bowl and just whisk those ingredients together.
Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is crumbly or cut in the butter by hand until crumbly.

Flour, baking powder, sugar and butter processed until crumbly.

Dump the crumbly mixture into a bowl.
Add the heavy cream, egg and vanilla.
Mix just until the dough comes together. You don't want to over mix.

Cream, egg and vanilla mixed in to create a dough.

Pat dough out to ½ inch thick on a lightly floured surface.
Cut out scones by pressing a 2 ½ inch biscuit cutter straight down through the dough without twisting.
Place each scone on the prepared baking sheet leaving 2 inches of space between each.

Dough patted out, cut into circles and put on a baking sheet.

Brush tops with additional heavy cream.
Sprinkle generously with additional sugar, or cinnamon sugar or vanilla sugar!
Bake at 375 for 15-18 minutes.
Serve warm or cooled or even at Strawberry Shortcake!

Circles brushed with heavy cream and sprinkled with additional sugar.

Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips

How do you get scones to rise and be fluffy?

The secret to getting your scones to rise instead of being flat is so simple. When you get out the scones with your biscuit butter DO NOT twist the cutter. Press it straight down. Twisting presses the dough together and it remains pressed together while baking. Pressing straight down allows the dough to lift and rise during baking.

How long are these good for?

These are good for 3 days max if stored loosely covered. Tightly covering makes the sugar tops sticky and soggy.

Can I freeze them?

Yes, make sure they are completely cool before wrapping up and popping in the freezer.

Variations

Cinnamon scones - add 1 tsp ground cinnamon to the flour, sugar and baking powder in step 3. Also sprinkle the tops of the scones with cinnamon sugar instead of plain sugar.
Vanilla Bean - Instead of adding regular vanilla to the dough use ½ tsp vanilla bean paste. Sprinkle the tops with vanilla sugar instead of plain sugar.
Or try my fresh Peach Scones or Maple and Brown Sugar Scones!

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