If there are two baked goods I love over all others, they are cinnamon rolls and scones. And if there is one food-related ritual I love over all others, it is afternoon tea. And so when I came across a cookbook that took all these heavenly things and mixed them all up together…well, let’s just say that I was one happy girl.
Alice’s Tea Cup is both a wonderful tearoom in New York City and now a cookbook packed with things like this:
Banana Nutella Cake
Apple-Cinnamon Butternut Squash Soup
The Red Queen’s Pink and White Chessboard Cookies
But the recipe that had me at hello was the one called Cinnascones, and yes, they are exactly what you hope and dream they are. A sweet buttermilk scone dough that is rolled out, spread with a cinnamon paste, rolled up, sliced, baked and then drizzled with a light frosting. Is your mind blown yet?
This is a recipe that you will want your handy Silpat for, or a nice piece of parchment paper for the rolling out part, because the dough is a little bit sticky, but if you roll it out on one of those you can lift it up and guide the dough around as you start the rolling up part. Aside from that, the only tricky part is going to be keeping them in your kitchen for more than 5 minutes after they come out of the oven.
Now my only problem is deciding if I am going to make the Peppermint Stick Scones or the Peanut Butter and Jelly Scones next. Or the Bacon Cheddar Scones. Or the Banana Butterscotch Scones….
Cinnascones, from Alice’s Tea Cup
Ingredients Directions
First of all. Let me tell you that I have been to the REAL Alice's Tea Cup here in NYC and it is a magical magical place. If their recipe for pumpkin scones is in there…well you need to make it ASAP. Because they are glorious. These cinnascones. Amazing. I really need that cookbook.
I want to go to there! Seriously make the bacon ones next, those sound delicious.
Love this idea! Love the name even more!
Ooooo! Stop naming the scones! I'm getting hungry!! ^_^ Butterscotch…..peanut butter…..bacon cheddar!!!
I love them and I haven't even made them yet! I just happen to have some buttermilk that needs to be used. Thank you.
I love cinnamon rolls but haven't ever made them. These look delicious. Have you ever used Vietnamese cinnamon? Has more oil in it evidently. Can't find it over here in the UK. Re your comment about serving with a nice cup of tea – we have a book available here called "A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down" which is devoted mostly to cookies (biscuits in the UK) including obscure ones and ones who have disappeared in this country but have popped up in other countries!
If you could only hear the yipping and cheering when I read this title to eldest granddaughter! Our very favorite tea room in the whole wide world closed and their signature cinnamon scones were something else. I'll be making these today!
I need one of tehse, the pictures have sucked me right in
Peanut Butter Jelly scones!! They sound delicious!
I think these are already my new favorite thing to bake and I haven't even made them yet!
These look lovely! Love the spices in them.
comforting and down right good cookies. .Love cookies. . any kind of cookies!
I found this blog searching for a recipe for Molasses Cookies and I love it! Great photography, I'm looking forward to following (and making the cookies!).
you vixen! and here i thought that scones were worthless to me. not so. fact: cinnamon is simply irresistible.
OK these look amazing! Sooooo delicious and sweet…yum!
I made these for my playgroup this morning, they were a hue hit!!! thanks for making me look good!!!
these look AWESOME! I can't wait to make them real soon! Thanks for sharing!
These really look delicious. This is my first visit but I will be back. I really like the food and recipes you share with your readers and I enjoyed the time I spent here. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Thanks Mary (and to everyone else who left such nice comments!)…glad to have your visit. And pretty soon I really am going to make those pp&j scones, and I will report back!