Restaurant Recipes
Starbuck's Caramel Scones
Ingredients
Scones
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup light or heavy cream
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- Modest pinch of nutmeg or cloves
- 1 cup milk or heavy cream
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon butterscotch extract (optional)
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1/2 cup grated walnuts (optional)
Topping
- 1/3 cup butterscotch chips, finely chopped in food processor
- 1 egg white, whisked
- Confectioners' sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Line top sheet of doubled up baking sheets with parchment paper or line 8 tuna tins with muffin liners and spray inner sides with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a food processor, place the flour and butter and pulse to break up butter.
- Add sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg or cloves and pulse to combine. Turn out dough into a large bowl. Make a well in the center and stir in cream, vanilla extract, butterscotch extract (if using) and egg. Stir to make a soft dough.
- Fold in butterscotch chips.
- Scoop onto baking sheet or into prepared tins.
- Brush tops with egg white and add ground butterscotch chips.
- Bake until browned, 16 to 18 minutes.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar when cool.