Cinnamon Scones

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5 from 5 votes

These scones are the perfect fall treat with a crunchy cinnamon sugar topping.

Prep Time30

Cook Time14

Chill30

Total Time1 15

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Low Salt, Vegetarian

Servings: scones

Calories: 378kcal

Author: Alicia

Ingredients

Scones

2 cups all purpose flour
¼ cup oat flour
1 tablespoon aluminum free baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
⅓ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons chilled shortening
⅓ cup whole milk or oat milk
2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
1 cold large egg
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

½ cup shortening
1 tablespoon honey
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup turbinado sugar
½ cup oat flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup rolled oats
⅛ teaspoon salt

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Instructions

Cover a sheet pan with parchment paper or a nonstick mat. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt. Add in the cold shortening and using a pastry cutter or fork, combine the shortening into the flour mixture until crumbly.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, white vinegar, egg, and vanilla extract. Pour this into the dry mixture, and stir with a wooden spoon until a dough forms. If the dough appears too dry, you can add a little more oat milk.
Lightly sprinkle some additional flour over the prepared sheet pan. Place the dough onto the prepared pan, and form into a disc. Don't overwork the dough here, but you can sprinkle on more flour if the dough is too sticky to work with. You want the disc to be about 1 ½ inches thick. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, stir together the shortening, honey, brown sugar, turbinado sugar, oat flour, cinnamon, oats, and salt. Using a fork or your hands, work in the shortening until crumbs form. Be sure to mix this thoroughly so there's no big lumps of shortening. Pile the crumb topping on top of the scone dough. Press it evenly into the disc, reaching the edges, and creating a fairly even layer. This will make your dough disc a bit thinner- about 1 inch thick. Cover the dough disk with plastic wrap, and chill for 30 minutes.
While the dough is chilling, preheat your oven to 425 degrees F, and prepare a second pan with parchment paper. Remove the dough from the fridge, and use a knife or bench scrapper to cut the disc into 8 even triangles. Place onto your parchment lined sheet pan, leaving an inch or two between each scone.
Bake for 14-17 minutes, or until the scones are puffed and golden brown on the edges and top. Let the scones cool on the sheet pan for about 5 minutes, and then use a spatula to move them to a cooling rack. The topping will have bubbled over the sides of the scones- and that’s ok!

Notes

Use Bob's Red Mill 1:1 flour for gluten free baking and note it may take a little bit longer to bake, typically an extra 5 minutes.
Oat flour can be store-bought or made by grinding rolled oats in a food processor till it resembles a flour.
Chill shortening or butter by placing in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Butter can be used instead of shortening, and working with bars tends to be easier for measurements/keeping it cold.
For a vegan option, use a flax or chia egg and replace the honey with maple syrup.
Play with the dough mixture a little bit - you may need to add a little more flour or milk depending on the humidity that day depending on if it's too dry or too sticky. Use the pictures for a representation of how it should look.
The cinnamon sugar topping may fall off the edges a little bit when baking and that's normal.

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