Glazed Cinnamon Scones

Since I had posted a teaser picture of this one I figured I had better not delay getting out the recipe!

Lately I have been seeing scones all over Pinterest.  For me though, scones are dough that get fried, not something that gets baked.  So I wasn't interested in these baked varieties, but I am glad I finally gave in and whipped these up!

They are light and flaky and better eaten warm, right out of the oven.  I took these to work and by the end of the day, they weren't as good, still good mind you, just not as good!

What's nice about these is that they come together pretty quickly and don't take that long to bake so it wouldn't be that difficult to whip these up for a brunch or even in time for breakfast if you get up early already.

And except for the buttermilk, you might already have everything you need.  Please forgive me for leaving the glaze ingredients out of this particular picture!  Start but cutting your butter into your dry ingredients, I did use some whole wheat pastry flour in mine.

Get your egg separated and set the egg white aside.  Add the honey and butter milk to the yolk and get that all mixed up.

You need to then add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients.  They don't come together super quick, but you need to be careful not to over mix, so I would recommend just using your hands to get it to come together as quickly as possible.  Next, sprinkle your countertop with a bit of flour and roll your dough out on it.

It should only be about 8" in diameter and 2" tall.  This dough doesn't rise a lot so you want to make sure it stays pretty thick.  At this point I would transfer it to a sprayed cookie sheet.  You could roll it out on the cookie sheet itself, up to you. 

Using a pizza cutter, cut into 8 wedges.  Or more if you need to serve more people, the decision I made just after taking this pic!  Taking your egg white, whisk until white and frothy.

Brush that onto your dough and then sprinkle generously with a cinnamon sugar mixture.

The dough will absorb some of it, so feel free to add some more!  Pop that bad boy in the oven, it only needs about 10 minutes.  Which is the perfect amount of time to do a couple of those dirty dishes and make up the glaze.  The glaze consists of vanilla, milk and powdered sugar.  Pretty basic and simple.  If you have another glaze recipe that you prefer, have at it!

Once your scones are lightly browned, the edge of the pan will be a little darker, pull it out and start glazing.

I used almost all of mine since I wanted to make sure every edge and any nooks had plenty.  In making this I did realize it is time to look at those links on Pinterest about cleaning my cookie sheets! 
Anyway, back to this!  While it wasn't fried, it was still very good!  On the plus side, the dough itself didn't ask for any sugar, only honey and using some whole wheat pastry flour made this a bit healthier than the fried version... gotta always look for the positive when baking something that essentially qualifies as a dessert!

Glazed Cinnamon Scones
Original recipe found on MoneySavingMom.com

Ingredients

2 cups flour (can use whole wheat pastry flour for part)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
1 egg, separated
3 Tbls honey
1/3 cup buttermilk
1-2 Tbls sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Glaze:
3/4 cup powdered sugar
3 tsp milk (use as needed to get good consistency)
1/2 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.  Separate egg white and yolk, set egg white aside.
2. In small bowl, combine egg yolk, honey and buttermilk.  Add to dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
3. Form dough on a floured surface.  Roll or pat out to half an inch in thickness and about 8" in diameter.  Transfer to greased baking sheet and cut into 8 equally sized pieces.
4. Whisk the egg white until it is white and frothy.  Brush on top of the scones.  Make sure to get between all the cuts and on the edges.  Mix cinnamon and sugar together and liberally sprinkle on top of dough.  Bake 10-12 minutes, until a golden brown.
5.  While dough is baking, mix together glaze ingredients until it is runny enough to drizzle on top of the scones.  Drizzle as soon as they come out of the oven and serve immediately.