Vanilla Bean Scones

This vanilla bean scone recipe is my favorite Starbucks recipe. They are a perfect bite-sized sweet treat for any time of the day—morning, noon, or late at night. Grab one and devour it.

Okay, well, as you can see, I love many things at Starbucks, and that doesn’t include some of the other savory sandwiches that I love there, but that I will save for another day.

If you have been following A Dash of Sanity for a while, then you know I love Starbucks. Anytime, anywhere, hot or cold.

I first published this post a little over 3 years ago. The entire reason I posted this recipe was because of my niece, Kennedy. She was two then and loved ordering a “white coffee,” aka a steamed milk {lol}, and a petite vanilla bean scone. I knew the way to win over this little girl’s heart was making her a big ole batch of vanilla bean scones. {Kennedy at age 2 years}

Fast-forward three years; Kennedy 5 was in the picture, and that ” little” girl still loved Starbucks and her white coffee. But she has moved on to new obsessions, which include cake pops.

I refuse to make cake pops after a failed disaster in 2015 ended with me throwing a baking pan full of cake pops across the room and permanently scarring my children. They still talk about that incident to this day.

So, I will make these Copycat Vanilla Bean Scones because my family, including my husband, loves them. They are so easy; you can bake them in 20 minutes in the morning.

The hardest part of making these scones is paying for the vanilla beans, but you know it’s worth it. If you don’t want to buy them, use vanilla extract. I’ve done this before, and they still taste amazing.

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Petite Vanilla Bean Scones

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 10 minutes mins

Total: 20 minutes mins

Servings: 8 scones

ByBy: Sandra

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Ingredients

 

Petite Vanilla Bean Scones

• ▢ 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 1/2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
• ▢ 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
• ▢ dash of salt
• ▢ 3 tablespoons cold butter
• ▢ 1/4 cup heavy cream
• ▢ 1/2 vanilla bean sliced in half and beans removed
• ▢ 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 egg white

Glaze

• ▢ 1-1/2 tablespoons heavy cream
• ▢ 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 1/2 vanilla bean sliced in half and beans removed

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium mixing bowl whisk the sugar, flour, vanilla beans, baking powder, and salt together. Using a pastry blender or knife and fork, cut the cold butter into the mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add heavy cream, vanilla bean extract, and egg white. Mix with a spoon to combine.
• Using your hands, knead into a soft dough, doesn’t take long to do this 1-2 minutes.
• Roll the dough to make a rectangle, make sure the dough is about 3/4 inch thick. Now using a sharp knife, cut the dough into 8 small triangles.
• Place the triangles on the parchment paper and bake for about 10 minutes, or until lightly golden.
• Make the glaze by whisking the cream, powdered sugar, vanilla beans, and vanilla together. Once scones have cooled, spread the glaze on top of the scones.

Notes

Recipe adapted from sheknows.com

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Here is a fun look back at the first time I did the post – the picture I actually like how I styled it – the lighting was just all wrong, I think it was actually outside on our picnic table {LOL}!