Apple Pie Scones
A Comforting take on the classic apple pie. Chopped apples and apple pie spices fill these buttery, flakey, and topped with a sweet drizzle, these scones are perfect for enjoying with coffee at breakfast or as a sweet snack.
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What are Apple Pie Scones?
Apple pie scones are a pastry commonly served for breakfast. The dough consists of flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, pepper, butter, eggs, pure vanilla extract, applesauce, and chopped fresh apples that are bursting with juicy sweetness and baked to flakey perfection.
Scones are often cut into triangles before baking, but they can also be baked in a less structured shape by dropping them onto the pan.
Recipe Tips for Apple Pie Scones
Freezing the butter and shredding it with a cheese grater after it is frozen has been the best advice I’ve ever been given for scone baking. With this method, it makes the pastry dough much easier to make and work with, and scones turn out perfect every time!
Recipe Variantions for Apple Pie Scones
Try swapping out the 1/3 cup granulated sugar for 1/3 cup packed brown sugar. This will give them a richer flavor!
If you are not a fan of apple pie spices, you can omit the nutmeg, allspice, and ground pepper.
How to Store Apple Pie Scones
Store apple pie scones at room temperature in an air tight container for up to two days, or store in the refrigerator for up to five days. If stored in the refrigerator, let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes, or pop in the microwave for five to ten seconds to warm to room temperature.
You can also freeze apple pie scones easily. Just place (fully baked and cooled) in an air tight freezer container and store in the freezer for up to three months. Remove from the freezer and place in the refrigerator 24 hours prior to serving.
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How to Make Apple Pie Scones
Ingredients
Scones
2 3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon allspice
pinch of ground pepper
1/2 cup butter, frozen and shredded with a cheese grater
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup applesauce
1 cup chopped fresh apples
Topping
3 tablespoons turbinado sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Icing
1 cup confectioner’s (powdered) sugar
2 tablespoons milk
dash of cinnamon
Prep
Plan to freeze your butter for at least 30 minutes prior to starting the recipe, but the longer you freeze it the better, so I’d recommend popping it into the freezer the day prior if possible.
Directions
Preheat oven to 425℉. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Shred frozen butter with a cheese shredder. Chop apple into chunks about 1/4” big.
Prep topping: mix cinnamon and sugar together and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ground black pepper until well mixed. Add the shredded butter to the flour mixture and and cut the butter in with a pastry cutter until dough resembles a fine flakey crumb.
In a separate bowl, combine eggs, applesauce, and vanilla extract and mix well. Add the egg mixture and the chopped apples into the flour mixture and gently fold in until all flour is moist and dough is workable.
Add flour to your work area so dough does not stick to the counter top. Separate dough into two pieces and roll each piece into a ball. Flatten each piece into a flat circle until each piece is about 2” high. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar topping over the dough, dividing it between the two rounds.
Slice the rounds into 6 pieces each, and place each piece on the pan lined with parchment paper, carefully keeping their shape. Bake for 18 minutes - 20 minutes.
Prep icing: In a small bowl or pyrex liquid measuring cup, mix together the powdered sugar, milk, and dash of cinnamon.
Let cool completely, then drizzle the icing over the scones.
More sweets, please!
Try these: Blueberry Muffins with Streusel Topping or my favorite Bourbon Pumpkin Bread.
Apple Pie Scones
Ingredients
Directions
- Plan to freeze your butter for at least 30 minutes prior to starting the recipe, but the longer you freeze it the better, so I’d recommend popping it into the freezer the day prior if possible.
- Preheat oven to 425℉. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Shred frozen butter with a cheese shredder. Chop apple into chunks about 1/4” big.
- Prep topping: mix cinnamon and sugar together and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ground black pepper until well mixed. Add the shredded butter to the flour mixture and and cut the butter in with a pastry cutter until dough resembles a fine flakey crumb.
- In a separate bowl, combine eggs, applesauce, and vanilla extract and mix well. Add the egg mixture and the chopped apples into the flour mixture and gently fold in until all flour is moist and dough is workable.
- Add flour to your work area so dough does not stick to the counter top. Separate dough into two pieces and roll each piece into a ball. Flatten each piece into a flat circle until each piece is about 2” high. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar topping over the dough, dividing it between the two rounds.
- Slice the rounds into 6 pieces each, and place each piece on the pan lined with parchment paper, carefully keeping their shape. Bake for 18 minutes - 20 minutes.
- Prep icing: In a small bowl or pyrex liquid measuring cup, mix together the powdered sugar, milk, and dash of cinnamon.
- Let cool completely, then drizzle the icing over the scones.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
230Fat
9 gSat. Fat
5 gCarbs
49 gFiber
1 gNet carbs
32 gSugar
11 gProtein
4 gSodium
307 mgCholesterol
48 mg*Nutrition is auto-calculated by recipes generator.
