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Kelly Brakenhoff – Author

Cozy Mysteries and Children's Picture Books

Healthy Apple Cinnamon Chip Scones

(Updated May 24, 2021)

Anyone who publicly brags about scone baking should be able to produce tender morsels of delicious carbohydrates. Jam optional.

Hungry for a light breakfast or snack with your favorite warm beverage? Here’s my all-time most requested scone recipe with a new twist! I’ve made these scones for years and they are a family favorite. But the Hershey’s Cinnamon Chips can be hard to find in grocery stores sometimes.

Last time I shopped, I stared at the baking chip shelf for several minutes and didn’t see them. My mind started coming up with alternatives to cinnamon chips that might still taste good in an apple scone. Then I spotted these guys! Apple caramel is a thing so, why not? Finally, I found the cinnamon chips and bought those, too. To this basic recipe, I added 1/4 cup of the Caramel bits, making a good thing even better! So if you want to treat someone in your life special, try these Apple Cinnamon Caramel Scones today!

Healthy Apple Cinnamon Chip Scones

I use a food processor with the metal blade attached, but you can use two forks or knives, a pastry blender or your fingers to mix the butter and other ingredients.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time18 minutes
Total Time28 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Snack
Servings: 16 scones
Calories: 114kcal
Author: Kelly Brakenhoff

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 1/3 cup Sugar (I use Splenda)
  • 2 tablespoons Ground flaxseed (optional but healthy)
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Ground ginger
  • 4 tablespoons Cold Butter
  • 1/3 cup Plain Greek yogurt Whole fat is creamier, but you can use any kind
  • ½ cup Unsweetened almond milk (or skim milk or buttermilk)
  • 1 Small apple diced divided in half
  • ½ cup Hershey’s cinnamon baking chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet or scone pan with cooking spray. In the food processor bowl, add dry ingredients and butter. Process for 30 seconds. 
    **Note if hand mixing: In the first step, make sure the butter is cut into tiny bits throughout the flour. After that, you can use a wooden spoon to stir the remaining ingredients just until a ball forms.
  • Add half of the diced apples, the yogurt, almond milk and cinnamon chips to the bowl and process in short bursts for 2-3 seconds. Tricky part: Depending how wet the dough is, you can easily overmix it. You want a crumbly ball that just barely sticks together. Too much, and you have a sticky chewy mess. Not enough, it’s too dry and won’t form a square.
  • Dump the dough onto a floured board, knead the remaining apple chunks into the batter to have a few in each scone and to make the dough wet but not mushy. You may have to add flour to your hands, the board and the dough. Form dough into a square roughly 8″ x 8″ and 1 inch thick. Cut into 4 large squares then cut each large square diagonally into fourths. Place the scones on a baking sheet or scone pan. I sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar before placing them in the oven for 18 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool on a rack for a few minutes. If you want to drizzle them with a powdered sugar glaze, be my guest. Usually I don’t have time for that and our family just gobbles them up as is.
    How to cut scones in 16 pieces

Notes

Best eaten warm. Freeze the scones you don’t eat the first day or two. To reheat, wrap a scone in a paper towel and microwave for 25 seconds for a fresh warm scone any time!
 

Kelly Brakenhoff is an author of eleven books and an ASL interpreter. She divides her writing energy between two series: cozy mysteries set on a college campus and picture books featuring Duke the Deaf Dog. The mother of four young adults and a hunting dog, and grandma to a growing brood of perfectly behaved grandkids, Kelly and her husband call Nebraska home.

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