Recipe: Cinnamon Chip Scones

Hellloooo Yummy Goodness!
While I was back home in California visiting family and friends - my mother-in-law told me about Cinnamon Chip scones and decided we had to make them before the Hubster and I went home. I am SO glad she did! These are delicious!

Now I'm not sure where she originally got the recipe, but from my understanding she first tried these at a church event. And since these are SOOO delicious, I have decided that it must be shared with the world! So here you go:

Ingredients
1 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter; very cold cut into pieces
2 eggs
1 cup mini cinnamon chips [they aren't sold in California, but you can order them here]

-egg wash (optional - gives the scones a more finished, glazey look though!)
1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water

Directions
Preheat oven to 350*F. Lightly grease a large baking sheet.
In a small bowl, blend the sour cream, vanilla and baking soda, and set aside.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, cream of tartar, and salt. Add in the butter, using a pastry blender -blend until butter is in pea-sized pieces.
Add in the sour cream mixture and eggs into the flour mixture and mix until just moistened.
Fold in cinnamon chips (taste few too!)
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface [it will be sticky...VERY sticky], and knead briefly - if too sticky add more flour. Roll or pat dough into a 3/4 inch thick round. Cut into 12 wedges, and place them 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. You can easily shape these any size you want.
If you choose to do the egg wash, brush the tops lightly with egg wash.
Bake 13-16 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown on the bottom.

For the Cream Cheese Frosting Glaze
1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon butter, softened
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract extract
2 tablespoons milk
Directions
Mix the cream cheese with the butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract, and milk in a bowl. Drizzle over cooled scones in any fashion you choose. We just put it in a ziploc bag, cut the corner off and drizzled over the yummy goodness that is the cinnamon scone.



Whoever came up with this amazingness, thank you. It's delicious!