Vanilla Scones like Starbucks……well almost.

Vanilla Scones like Starbucks……well almost.

Date: 2009.01.02 | Category: Breakfast, Sweets | Tags: baking soda,Bread,butter mixture,coarse meal,cold butter,purpose flour,recipezaar,Scones,starbucks,Vanilla,vanilla bean,vanilla flavor,vanilla sugar

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I love the petite vanilla bean scones that are at Starbucks. I Googled Starbucks vanilla bean scones and the recipe I found is at Recipezaar. The recipe never calls for vanilla bean just extract. I tried them just to see how it would turn out. After searching for awhile I did find one that calls for vanilla sugar, vanilla extract and vanilla bean at Cookie baker lynn. Her recipe sounds a lot better than the one at Recipezaar but unfortunately I do not have vanilla sugar or vanilla beans. I will be on Google looking for a place to buy a pound or two of vanilla beans, I want to my own vanilla extract like the one found on Simply Recipes. I’m so excited about that!! Ok enough about vanilla beans, vanilla extract and vanilla sugar….back to the recipe. I made these last night and they were ok, they needed a lot more vanilla more than 2 teaspoons. They did turn out very crumbly and soft like the ones at Starbucks. I have two complaints about this recipe not enough vanilla flavor and I did miss the little specks of vanilla bean that are in the ones at Starbucks other than that they were pretty good!

Directions

Ingredient
Scones
2 cups of all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup of full fat sour cream
1 large egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Glaze
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
milk, as needed

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Whisk together dry ingredients
3. Using any method you prefer, cut the cold butter into the dry ingredients until flour resembles coarse meal.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream, egg yolk and vanilla extract until blended. Add this to the flour-butter mixture and stir with a fork until dough forms a cohesive ball. Use a spatula to get the dry bits fully incorporated. (It may not seem to have enough liquid at first, but the dough will eventually come together.)
5. Pat dough into a disk about 1-inch in height. Cut circle into 8 equal pieces (triangles). Place the pieces on ungreased baking sheets.
6. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown on top.
7. PREPARE GLAZE WHILE SCONES ARE BAKING
8. Place powdered sugar in a medium bowl, and add water one teaspoon at a time, mixing vigorously until smooth and runny.
9. Use a pastry brush to apply a thin layer of glaze over the hot scones. Brushing rather than drizzling gives a smoother appearance and requires less glaze.
10. Serve immediately. Store cooled scones in an airtight container.

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17 Responses to “Vanilla Scones like Starbucks……well almost.”

Gale 09/01/03 18:15

http://saffron.com/

This source for vanilla beans was highly recommended on another blog I read.
Your scones look pretty.

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Michelle 09/01/03 18:58

Gale, Thank you for the link. I can’t wait to buy vanilla beans! I sound dorky! Thanks for stopping by!

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megan 09/01/03 20:26

These look lovely-I will definitely have to try them. Anything that keeps me from spending too much money at Starbucks is worth a try Thanks for sharing!

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informalblathering 09/01/03 20:38

Ooh, those look good! I’ll have to try them…I have a ton of vanilla beans to use up! I got them from this ebay shop: http://stores.ebay.com/Vanilla-Products-USA

I ordered some of the big Madagascar Bourbon beans and they included a free package of grade B Tahitian once, so I have two different kinds which is fun.

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dawn 09/01/04 09:29

Oh my goodness I spend so much money on those darn mini scones at Starbucks. I have been searching for a good replacement. I would love to try this. Gorgeous photos!

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Kevin 09/01/04 10:15

Those vanilla scones look really good!

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Michelle 09/01/04 11:40

Kevin, Thanks for the comment and thanks for stopping by! I love your blog, I visit several times a week!

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Michelle 09/01/04 11:43

Dawn, I spend more than I should at Starbucks, I love their vanilla scones and Chai tea latte in the winter and a chai tea frappuccino in the summer time, my favorite!

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Michelle 09/01/04 11:44

I haven’t shopped ebay in a while I will have to check it out, thank you so much!

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Sydney 09/01/12 10:29

I just made these and wow were they tasty! I used regular vanilla extract, replaced half the sugar with vanilla sugar and used vanilla bean paste in both the dough and the glaze. I find the paste to be a lot easier to use then the actual beans and you get the same results. I get mine at William Sanoma, but I’ve seen it other places too.

They are soo good! I’ll be blogging about them this afternoon for sure.

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Robin 09/12/19 00:12

The best place to get Vanilla beans is Costco. You get 2 vials with 5 beans in each vial for less than $11.00. Screaming deal!!!

I will try this recipe tomorrow with my coffee.

Thanks!

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leslie 10/04/05 19:08

You might want to check into vanilla bean paste, it is a gel with the specs in it that you crave. =o)

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sandra shields 10/05/20 13:19

I tasted the Vanilla Bean Scones from Starbucks today, and what a treat! To help with your dilemma I suggest, scape the inside of a vanilla bean (Madagascar or Mexican are best). But the beans inside a bowl or cupful of sugar or place in a blender and pulse for a few seconds (to get vanilla sugar). I noticed the glaze also had vanilla bean pods in it too.
To make your own Vanilla extract, open several vanilla beans and drop into a bottle of good vodka and allow to sit there for several weeks in a cool dark place (like kitchen cabinet). Once the vodka turns golden to a deeper color, you’ll have your own extract.
Good luck!

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Michelle Reply:
May 20th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Thanks for advice Sandra! I too love the vanilla bean scones, my favorite!

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Edly 10/08/20 13:29

Once you have vanilla beans, making vanilla sugar is easy. Just split one of the vanilla beans down it’s length, then bury both halves in a pound of sugar placed in an air tight container for about a month. As long as you aren’t using a whole bunch at once, you can simply replace what you use with regular sugar for a continuous supply that will last for years!
Also, as long as your recipe includes both sugar and vanilla extract, you can replace the vanilla extract with an equivalent amount of vanilla sugar (just remove the same amount of regular sugar, unless you want your recipe to be sweeter!) This is great for making baking mixes!
And I’m gonna try your recipe very soon. It looks great!
-Edly

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Leah 10/08/21 08:15

Out of all the comments, only one person has tried them??? Are they good??

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