CINNAMON CHIP SCONES WITH HOMEMADE CINNAMON CHIPS
Author: Tag Sale Tastes
Ingredients
  • For Cinnamon Chips:
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon solid vegetable shortening (i.e., Crisco)
  • 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
  • For Scones:
  • 1-2/3 cups flour
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup butter, chilled and cut into 12 pieces
  • ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon half and half or whipping cream, divided use
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
  2. For Cinnamon Chips: Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Mix with a fork until ingredients are thoroughly combined and crumbly. Spread on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake until melted and bubbly, approximately 25 minutes. Cool completely, then crush into small pieces. Set aside until ready to use.
  3. For Scones: Increase oven temperature to 375 degrees.
  4. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a food processor. Add butter pieces and pulse on and off until mixture is the size of small peas. Stop the processor and add ½ cup of half and half or whipping cream. Process just until the dough begins to clump together. Transfer dough to a medium mixing bowl, and gently stir in half of the cinnamon chips (reserve remainder of chips for another use).
  5. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface. Shape dough into a ¼-inch thick circle and cut into 8 pie-shaped wedges. Brush tops of scones with remaining tablespoon of half and half or whipping cream. Transfer scones to a greased baking sheet and bake until golden, approximately 18 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
  6. These are especially good served warm.
Recipe by Tag Sale Tastes at https://www.tagsaletastes.com/2012/10/22/cinnamon-chip-scones-with-homemade-cinnamon-chips/