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Cinnamon Crumble Scones

Course Breakfast, Brunch
Servings 8 scones

Ingredients
  

Crumb Topping

  • ¼ cup (1 1/8 ounces) all purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • pinch fine sea salt
  • 1 ½ tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cubed

Cinnamon Filling

  • ¼ cup (1 3/4 ounces) brown sugar
  • 1 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 teaspoons all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Scones

  • 1 ¾ cups (7 7/8 ounces) all purpose flour, sifted
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 7 tablespoons (3 1/2 ounces) cold, unsalted butter, cubed
  • ½ cup cold heavy cream plus extra for tops
  • ¼ cup cold sour cream
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Icing

  • ½ cup (2 ounces) powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter
  • 1-2 tablespoons whole milk, room temperature
  • ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Crumb Topping

  • In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, sugar cinnamon and salt.
  • Work in butter with your fingertips until it looks like wet sand. Press together to make dime size chunks.
  • Set aside in refrigerator until ready to use.

Cinnamon Filling

  • In a small bowl, mix filling ingredients together until well combined.

Scones

  • Preheat oven to 375ºF. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Work butter into flour mixture with your fingertips or with a pastry blender until pea sized pieces are formed.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together heavy cream, sour cream and vanilla extract.
  • Stir cream mixture into flour mixture a little at a time until dough comes together. If your dough is too dry add 1-2 more teaspoons of heavy cream.
  • Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Fold dough over onto itself a couple of times.
  • Pat dough into an approximately 9 x 5-inch oval. Spread cinnamon filling on half of the dough to within 1/2-inch from the edges. Fold dough in half bringing short ends together. Press edges to seal.
  • Shape dough into a 7-inch round, about 3/4-inch thickness. Cut into 8 wedges. (Or 6 wedges if you prefer larger scones.)
  • Pinch the pointed tip of the wedges and tuck under to seal. This helps to prevent the top layer from sliding off while baking. Place wedges about 2-inches apart onto prepared baking sheet.
  • Brush tops of scones with heavy cream. Top with crumb topping. Bake until light golden brown, about 18-22 minutes.
  • Transfer scones to a cooling rack to cool. Drizzle with icing.

Icing

  • In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, butter, 1 tablespoon of milk and vanilla. Add additional milk until desired consistency is reached.
Keyword cinnamon, scones