Apple Cinnamon Scones

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 2/3 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cup finely diced granny smith apples
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• dash of salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. 2

   Prepare a baking sheet by place a large sheet on parchment paper on it.

3. 3

   In a medium saute pan add 1 tablespoon of butter and diced apples. Saute until just tender, about 4 minutes. Add in the maple syrup, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, and a dash of salt. Stir to mix everything together.

4. 4

   Place entire pan in the freezer to cool the apples.

5. 5

   In the meantime, to a food processor add whole wheat flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Blend to mix.

6. 6

   Next add pieces of butter to the blender. Pulse blender until the butter is combined and starts to look like small peas.

7. 7

   In a small bowl, add almond milk, vanilla extract and an egg. Whisk together and add liquid mixture to the blender. Pulse the blender until the mixture starts to look like a dough and wet and dry ingredients are combined.

8. 8

   Place dough on a well floured surfaced. Add apple cinnamon mixture to the dough. Using well floured hands, gently fold the apple mixture into the dough.

9. 9

   Form the dough into a large disc shape. (you may need to keep adding flour if it’s too sticky)

10. 10

    Cut dough into 8 triangular pieces.

11. 11

    Add the scones to the prepared baking sheet. Place about 1″ apart from each other.

12. 12

    Bake for 13-15 minutes. (14 minutes was my sweet spot)

13. 13

    Remove from oven. Let cool for 5 minutes and serve