Maple Scones
Updated June 02, 2020
Maple Scones-tender, buttery scones with a sweet maple glaze! Top with chopped up candied pecans for an extra special scone.
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Pin ItJosh LOVES maple bars. He prefers donuts from our favorite local shop, but he will still eat a maple bar from the grocery store. If I send him to the store in the morning, he almost always comes home with a donut. And sometimes he will try and hide his donut splurge from me by eating the donut in the car. It never works! I can smell the maple on him as soon as he walks in the door. He can’t fool me:)
Over the weekend, Josh went to the store to pick up a few groceries. He came home empty handed and I didn’t smell maple. I looked at the receipt and no donut! I was shocked. I asked Josh why he didn’t get a maple bar. He looked at me with a sad face and said they were out of maple bars. Poor guy!
Josh couldn’t get his maple craving to go away, so he made Maple Scones instead! I like scones better than donuts so it was a win for me:)
Josh had to go back to the store to buy heavy cream to make the scones. He was determined…or maybe he was checking to see if they made any new donuts..ha! They must have still been out because he came home and got busy on the scones!
The scones are made with heavy cream and butter…so you know they are going to be good! They are light and fluffy and so good with the sweet maple glaze! If you are a maple bar fan, you will love these scones too!
Josh brought me a warm scone to enjoy while I was feeding the baby, I know I am spoiled. I took a bite and thought the scone was really good! Josh did a fabulous job. I had an idea though. I thought Josh’s Maple Scones would be even better with candied pecans on the top.
I went into the kitchen, chopped up some candied pecans, and added them to a few of the scones. Josh asked me what I was doing to his precious scones. You see, Josh is allergic to nuts and can’t have pecans, but I can! I told Josh that most people would appreciate my addition to his scones, so he said fine. I wasn’t trying to take over his recipe, but I just made a batch of candied pecans and knew they would be SO good on the Maple Scones. I was right! 🙂 And don’t worry, I left him plenty of plain scones to eat:)
The Maple Scones are delicious…with or without the candied pecans. You decide which version you like better:) Props to Josh on creating a fabulous scone recipe. I think I need to tell the grocery store to sell out of maple bars every morning so we can enjoy homemade Maple Scones instead. They were delish!
More Scone Recipes
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- Strawberry Scones
- Chocolate Chip Scones
- Raspberry Almond Scones
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- Coconut Chocolate Chunk Scones
Maple Scones
Ingredients
For the Scones:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 3/4 cup heavy cream, plus 1 tablespoon , divided
- 1 large egg, slightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Maple Glaze:
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
- Candied pecans, chopped, if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat baking mat and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, brown sugar, and salt. Quickly cut in the butter, using your hands, two knives, or a pastry blender. Mix until mixture resembles coarse meal, with a feel larger butter lumps.
- In a small bowl, whisk together ¾ cup heavy cream, the egg, and vanilla extract. Pour the mixture over the ingredients and stir with a spatula until dough begins to form. Don’t over mix.
- Transfer dough to a floured countertop and knead dough by hand just until it forms a ball. Form scones by patting the dough into a 3/4-inch thick circle. Cut the scones into even triangles.
- Place scones on prepared baking sheet. Using a pastry brush, brush scones lightly with the additional one tablespoon of heavy cream. Bake scones for 15-17 minutes, or until scones are slightly golden brown. Cool scones on a wire cooling rack.
- While the scones are cooling, make the maple glaze. In a small saucepan, add butter, maple syrup, and heavy cream. Heat over medium until butter is melted and ingredients are combined, stirring occasionally. Stir in the maple extract. Slowly whisk in the powdered sugar, adding about ¼ of a cup at a time. The glaze will be a little lumpy at first, but will smooth out as you keep whisking.
- Let glaze cool for 5 minutes. Drizzle glaze over cooled scones. Top with chopped candied pecans, if desired.
- Note-Scones will keep in an air-tight container for up to 2 days, but they really are best eaten the day they are made.
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Do they freeze well? We absolutely love love these scones ..
These were excellent, not dry like some scone recipes I’ve tried. I did not add the nuts but still excellent!
Can I make the dough ahead of time? Planning ahead for Thanksgiving and I’m thinking of making the dough the night before and bake them the next morning. Also, if I do that should I put the dougj in the fridge all together or should I cut it first?
Thank you for sharing this Absolutely delicious recipe! Excellent easy to follow instructions. I used maple extract instead of the vanilla and Substituted half whole wheat flour and they turned out beautifully. Will definitely ad this to my regular recipe rotation.
Glad you enjoyed the scones!
this makes an enormous amount of glaze, twice as much as needed. Am I missing something?
Give to your daughter!
Made these for Father’s day today.
The scones were perfect! The rose beautifully and were flaky and buttery with the wonderful taste of maple.
The glaze too came out perfectly.
I will certainly make these again. Sorry I forgot to take a picture and also sorry that I didn’t double the recipe! I
Can i use something other than maple extract for the glaze? or can it be committed?
Made the glaze only and it does indeed make too much for eight scones. Recommend halving the recipe unless you have need for maple glaze.
They came out flaky and wonderful, best scones I’ve ever made. My only comment would be to maybe us a tad bit less Maple Extract. It’s one of the most potent extracts, period, and the amount used in this recipe gave the glaze a somewhat chemical-y flavor (though this was not noticable when it was actually applied to the scones.) Overall, amazing!!!
Hi There:
Looking for full nutritional value for these wonderful scones, in particular the cholesterol value.
Thanks,
Bonnie
Wonderful recipe. The scones came together easily and were so delicious.
Very good! My kids really liked these. Me too. Thanks.
Great maple scones, I added sautéed slivered almonds for a neighbor who preferred them over pecans.
Amazing!! those were her and her husband’s response.