I have a few friends who love to make homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas morning. Like my friends, you might also love the idea of cinnamon rolls for breakfast, but like me, you might not love the idea of getting up super early to make them. You might also be planning to eat Christmas cookies all day and would rather not ingest millions of calories for breakfast. Either way, I have your solution, and that solution comes in the form of homemade, reduced fat (but still delicious!), cinnamon scones.
Ok, so now you might be asking yourself, “How is getting up to make one homemade bread-like product a good substitution for getting up to make the other?” Well, the answer is that these scones are super simple and come together really fast. The dough can also be made the day before (all the way through to putting it on the pan!), so all you have to do on Christmas morning is pre-heat the oven and pop them in there!
So, assuming I’ve won you over, let’s get started!
To make 8 cinnamon scones, you’ll need the following – and please note that I put full fat/sugar options in parentheses next to their reduced fat/sugar counterparts in case you prefer to throw guilt out the window on special occasions 😉
Dry ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 tbs baking powder
1/3 cup Splenda Sugar Blend (or similar 1/2 the sugar baking blend) (or 2/3 cup sugar)
3/4 cup cinnamon chips (or about 1/2 of an 11oz package)
Wet ingredients:
5 1/2 tbs Brummel and Brown (or cold butter cut into 1/2” chunks)
1/2 cup non-fat milk (or whatever milk you have on hand)
1 egg
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Topping:
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Additional:
Pam (canola oil non-stick spray) and/or butter spray
