Scones can most often be viewed as somewhat of an evil treat. These Cinnamon Bun Scones aren’t too terribly evil. Eating one of these will set you back 239 calories and 9 grams of fat vs. the Starbuck’s Cinnamon Scone, which is 510 calories and 23 grams of fat. So they’re not really “diet” food by any means, but they are a slightly better choice than what you’d find in a coffee shop.
How to make Cinnamon Bun Scones:
The batter is so simple to make. 2% milk is used in the recipe to keep things lighter in lieu of using cream. The hardest part is “cutting” the butter into the dry ingredients. If you have a pastry blender, it’s easy to cut in the butter. If you don’t, you can use two knives slashing against each other- cutting the butter into the dry ingredients until small crumbs form. A sugar-cinnamon is swirled into the batter just before baking.
These scones bake up into little round mounds (larger than cookies).
Warm scones are drizzled with a simple sweet sugar glaze. To get the real “Cinnamon Bun” effect, you could always whisk a little softened cream cheese into the glaze for that cream cheese icing touch. Have a great weekend! And enjoy these Cinnamon Bun Scones!
Here are a few more recipes for scones you might enjoy:
Whole Wheat Cranberry Scones Lemon Raspberry Scones Double Orange Scones with Orange Butter Caramel Apple Scones Blueberry Lemon Scones Cape Cod Blueberry Scones Copycat Starbucks Vanilla Bean Scones Cream Scones
