Maple Sausage Scones Recipe

Recipe: Maple Sausage Scones

Ok, so this is not my normal type of post but I was so impressed with how these scones turned out. Last week while visiting Starbucks, they offered me a sample of their Maple Sausage Scones and I loved them. I decided I would have to try to find the recipe on line, I was sure someone would have made them before, but I couldn't find one recipe for them. So I decided to try to recreate them myself.

I took my favorite scone recipe from Martha Stewart's Food Magazine and added a few things. Here is what I came up with.

MAPLE SAUSAGE SCONES

• 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
• 5 tablespoons sugar, plus 1 tablespoon for topping
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 2 tablespoons Maple Syrup(plus more for tops)
• 2 breakfast sausage links with casings removed, cooked and crumbled.

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a bowl, whisk together flour, 5 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/2 cup half-and-half, 2 tablespoons maple syrup until just moistened. Gently fold in crumbled sausage.
2. On a lightly floured surface, knead dough gently, 5 to 10 times. Pat into a 1-inch-thick round. Cut into 8 wedges; place on a baking sheet, 2 inches apart. Brush tops with remaining maple syrup. Bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.

These turned out great. Try them side by side with the scones from Starbucks and you will not know one from the other.