Let’s set the scene here: you, a lazy weekend morning, there’s coffee brewing on the counter and half a carton of heavy cream in the refrigerator from last night’s dinner that you need to use up. What are your going to do? You’re going to make cream scones. You’re going to take five minutes to throw together 5 ingredients and that leftover cream to make some dough, 14 minutes to have a kitchen dance party while it bakes, and then you’re going to spend the most charming morning sitting at the counter in your sun-drenched kitchen spreading butter and jam over freshly baked, warm-out-of-the-oven scones while you sip coffee and finish organizing your Pinterest boards. At some point, you’ll smile to yourself and whisper yeah, we can have it all.
Okay, maybe not really. Maybe that scenario ends with you in yoga pants and a t-shirt from high school with a hole in the armpit, crying over a scone as you scroll through Twitter (even though you know nothing good ever comes starting your day with Twitter). But you know what, a morning crying over Twitter with a freshly baked scone is still going to be better than a morning crying over Twitter without a scone. Scones aren’t going to cure the world’s ills, but they’ll brighten your morning just a bit. And fortunately, whenever your morning needs a bit of brightening, this small batch of cream scones is one of the easiest and quickest things to bake. It’ll go from bowl to 6 cute little scones in less than 20 minutes, and you can start eating them as soon as they’ve cooled enough that you’re not scalding off taste buds. Pull one open, enjoy that little curl of steam that puffs out, and spread butter and jam over the inside or give it a drizzle of honey. The outside will be a little crunchy, the inside soft, and the whole thing kind of just melts in your mouth when you bite into it. The entire process, from making to shaping to eating is utterly satisfying and really does make you feel like you accomplished something with your morning, even if that thing was just making some excellent baked goods.
Small-batch Cream Scones Recipe Tips
Proper flour measurement is very important in this recipe. Too much flour and you might have trouble getting your dough to come together. Make sure to follow the measuring instructions in the recipe. If it feels like a maple morning, I made a version of these scones (The Good Place themed!) with maple glaze, Small-batch Maple Scones. Have leftover heavy cream? Here are some ideas to use up the leftover cream.
Looking for more small-batch breakfasts? Try these Cinnamon Rolls for Two, Small-batch Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls, and Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes for Two. Recipe Adapted From King Arthur Flour
