Starbucks Cinnamon Scone Hack
Do you ever have mornings where you wake up and a bowl of cold cereal just won’t do?
Today was such a morning for me. I felt like making something extra special. My kids and I love the scones at Starbucks (guilty pleasure, I know), so I decided to make our own using items from our pantry.
If you’ve never made scones before, they are incredibly easy to make and require only a few ingredients. I decided on cinnamon scones, and was able to find and adapt a recipe from a cooking forum.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 egg, separated
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1/3 cup buttermilk*
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
* I didn’t have this on hand, but easily made do with 1/3 cup milk and a squeeze of lemon juice for acid.
Preheat the oven to 400°. Then have a trusty helper mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Cut in the butter and mix until crumbly. In another bowl, mix the egg yolk (save the white for later) with honey and buttermilk until blended. Then, add to the dry mixture. Stir until just combined.
Using floured hands, form the dough into a ball on a floured surface.
Roll or pat it out until it’s roughly a half an inch thick and 8 inches in diameter. Cut pizza style into equally sized pieces.
Put onto a greased baking pan. Then, wisk the egg white until frothy and coat the tops of the scones. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle on top.
Bake for about 10-12 minutes. I took mine out just prior to 10 minutes and they were perfectly flaky.
Now comes the yummy part: glaze! To make the glaze, I simply mixed a bunch of powdered sugar with a touch of milk until nice and thick. Then, drizzle. I topped with a dash of more cinnamon. Perfection!
Now I may be a little biased, but I truly felt these homemade versions were better than their Starbucks counterparts. They were perfectly flaky and buttery, and the double toppings made them extra cinnamon-y.
And in my son’s words, “tasty!”
Bon Appetit!
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Love that last picture! I’ll have to try this recipe.
The recipe says mix salt, but the ingredient list doesn’t have salt? Is it missing?
Good catch! Yes, the recipe calls for 1/2 tsp salt. I just added it back into my post.
True scones do not have eggs.
I can’t wait to try these. I found this on MSM.com 🙂
I also have a food blog and will post my family’s response. YAY!
Thank you!
Make sure to come back with a link to your post! Good luck!
SOOO good 🙂
https://easypeas-y.blogspot.com/2011/01/starbucks-cinnamon-sugar-scones.html
Hi, there! I made these this past Saturday…and SO GOOD! I found the recipe on Money Saving Mom, so thank you for sharing it with her. I posted about it on my “Favorite Finds” blog. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You’re welcome & thanks for sharing it on your blog, too!
I made these a few days ago. So easy and yummy! My son loved them. One piece of advice: make sure to separate the scones before baking. I kept them in the pie shaped(sliced) and they were taking a long time to bake. Thanks for a great recipe!
Now THAT is one smart idea! Thank you for sharing!
Found your recipe on Money Saving Mom. We LOVED them!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for stopping by and letting me know! 😉
We love this recipe, it is great! Thank you so much for sharing. I posted about it today on my blog:
https://lelandfamilyadventures.blogspot.com/2011/03/starbucks-cinnamon-scones.html
Is the butter cold or room temp? I can’t wait to try these!! 🙂
cold butter 🙂
These were soooo good! I just made them for a party. There was not much flavor so I added a few tablespoons of cinnamon sugar in the bread mix. Sooo good! 🙂
I added 1tbs vinegar amazin
Interesting! Can I ask what the purpose of the vinegar is?
These are delicious. My kids are sweet tooths and thought they were not sweet enough so the frosting helped. I know traditionally they are not supposed to be sweet. Thanks for sharing this, the recipe is a keeper!
Thank you so much for posting these.
They are soo good I alsoade them but
Instead of the cinnamon on top I stirred
In blueberrys and sprinkled sugar on top
Before baking.
Oooo!! Love that idea! Thanks for sharing!
These turned out so good! Cinnamon scones are my Mom’s favorite, so I surprised her one morning when she was sick with these lovely things! First thing i’ve baked thats not betty crocker lol 🙂 They were so so good! Thank you for posting the recipe!
I just stuck them in the oven and i cant wait, i didnt have any baking powder so i read an article that explained that you could replace baking powder with soda if you use half as much baking soda as in the recipe (only if buttermilk or other acid like ingredients are involved.
im also making honey glaze to drizle on it mhhhhmmm
I just made some cinnamon chip scones myself! I’m so used to rock-hard chewy, tough, dry, BLAND scones, but finally, these changed my life!! Finally, a scone that’s buttery, tender, soft, and delicate. Mmm. Literally the best thing that I’ve made.
I used a slightly different recipe than yours with no eggs – so scones were more traditional – super moist, tender, flaky, and buttery. Yum! I’ll have to give your version a try!
https://thekitchenkook.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-best-most-perfect-scone-recipe-ever.html
Wow, amazing blog structure! How lengthy have you been running a blog for?
you made running a blog glance easy. The total glance
of your site is great, let alone the content material!
I am addicted to scones at the moment and these look so yummy. I will definitely be trying this recipe out VERY soon 😉
So good! I wrote about these scones on my blog today! YUM!
https://www.thesilverbird.com/glazed-cinnamon-scones/
hey found this on Money Saving Mom… I made the scones and am freezing them unbaked, will bake them tomorrow and see how they turn out. trying some make ahead breakfast ideas:)