I had some buttermilk to use up, so I made a batch of scones this morning. It’s another recipe from Eggs On Sunday. There are quite a few more scone recipes on that blog that I’m anxious to try. These were super easy and very good! I only had a tiny nibble. But I let Justin have one fresh out of the oven for breakfast (they are meant to go with dinner) 🙂 He said they were great! I baked 4 this morning and froze 4 (froze before baking). I’ll make the frozen ones later in the week so they are fresh for another meal. These smelled amazing in the oven. I can’t wait to have a scone tonight!!**Looking back at the recipe I wonder if you’re supposed to sprinkle the tops with sugar? I just put the 1/3 cup and the 2 Tbsp. in the mix. But I bet the 2 Tbsp. were supposed to be for topping…even though it doesn’t say that. I just wrote down the ingredients last night and made them w/o really looking at the directions this morning. So I didn’t realize it said 1/3 cup in the mix. Oh well. They’re still great. Maybe just a little sweeter 😛Maple Pecan Scones
Whisk 2 cups flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until coarse meal forms. Mix in chopped pecans. Whisk buttermilk, egg yolk, vanilla extract, and maple syrup in small bowl to blend. Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients; stir with fork until dough comes together in moist clumps. Gather dough into ball. Press out dough on lightly floured surface to 3/4-inch thick disk. Cut disk like a pie into 8 wedges. Place each wedge on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper, spacing evenly apart. Sprinkle with sugar. Press a whole pecan lightly into the top of each scone. (At this point, you can refrigerate the sheet, covered, overnight and bake the next morning if you’d like. Or you can freeze them and thaw/bake them later.)
These sound so good! I was between these and the berry ones I made when I was trying to decide which to make.