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.
Course Breakfast, Snack
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 18 minutesminutes
Total Time 28 minutesminutes
Servings 16scones
Calories 114kcal
Author Kelly Brakenhoff
Ingredients
2cupsAll-purpose flour
1tablespoonBaking powder
½teaspoonSalt
1/3cupSugar(I use Splenda)
2tablespoonsGround flaxseed(optional but healthy)
1teaspoonCinnamon
1teaspoonGround ginger
4tablespoonsCold Butter
1/3cupPlain Greek yogurtWhole fat is creamier, but you can use any kind
½cupUnsweetened almond milk(or skim milk or buttermilk)
1Small apple diceddivided in half
½cupHershey’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.
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!