Cinnamon Roll Scones

Welcome to your new favorite breakfast treat! These cinnamon roll scones combine the tender, flaky texture of traditional scones with the warm cinnamon-sugar filling and sweet glaze of a cinnamon roll. Pair this with your favorite coffee (if you're looking for inspiration try our caramel pumpkin latte) and your morning will be off to a perfect start!

For this easy-to-follow recipe, all you'll need is: 2 mixing bowls, a baking sheet, a rolling pin, and a pastry cutter. If you don't have a pastry cutter your hands will do!

Cinnamon Roll Scone

Chantelle DeJager

These scones combine the tender, flaky texture of traditional scones with the warm cinnamon-sugar filling and sweet glaze of your favorite breakfast treat!

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Prep Time 2 hours hrs

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs 12 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Servings 8

Equipment

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  1 Baking sheet
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  2 Mixing bowls
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  1 Rolling Pin
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  1 Pastry cutter

Ingredients

  

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Scones:

• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ ¼ cup + 1 tbsp heavy cream
• ▢ ¼ cup greek yogurt
• ▢ ½ cup unsalted butter cold and cubed
• ▢ 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ ¼ cup cane sugar
• ▢ 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt

Cinnamon Sugar Filling

• ▢ 2 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
• ▢ ¼ cup light brown sugar
• ▢ 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Icing

• ▢ ½ cup confectioner's sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 2 tablespoon heavy cream or whole milk

Instructions

 

• In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
• Cut the cubed butter into the dry ingredient mixture using a pastry cutter, until the butter is pea-sized.
• In a seperate mixing bowl, whisk together the egg, heavy cream, greek yogurt, and vanilla.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and lightly knead unitl a ball forms.
• Using a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a rectangle.
• Melt the cinnamon sugar filling mixture over low heat on the stove, or in the microwave.
• Spread the cinnamon filling mixture over the dough. Tightly roll the dough starting from the long end of the dough, like you would with a cinnamon roll.
  
• Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1.5 hours. 15 minutes before taking the dough out, preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut the dough diaganally into 8 triangles and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Bake at 400 for 12-15 minutes, until the scones are golden brown.
  
• While the scones are baking, mix the confectioners sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream/milk in a small bowl and set aside.
• Once scones are cool, put the icing in a small plastic bag and cut the tip off of one corner of the bag. Ice each scone.
• Enjoy!

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