Bring the holidays into your home with the aroma of gingerbread scones.
Course Breakfast
Keyword gingerbread, maple, maple glaze, scones
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 6scones
Author Lynn / Turnips 2 Tangerines
Ingredients
2cupsflour
3tablespoonspacked brown sugar
2teaspoonsbaking powder
1teaspoonground ginger
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/2teaspoonground cinnamon
1/8teaspoonsalt
1/4cupcold butter, cut into cubes
1beaten egg yolk
1/3cupmolasses at room temperature
1/4cupbuttermilk
1cupconfectioners' sugar
1tablespoonwhite corn syrup
1 to 2tablespoonspure maple syrup
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400.
Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
In a small bowl, combine egg yolk, molasses, and buttermilk. Add egg yolk mixture all at once to flour mixture, using a fork, stir just until moistened. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface, knead the dough 10 to 12 times or until smooth. Pat dough into a 9 inch circle, cut into 8 triangles, place triangles, 1 inch apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
Remove from baking sheet, cool slightly on a wire rack.
Make Maple Glaze:
Combine the glaze ingredients and stir together until reach desired consistency.