White Chocolate Chip Scones with Coffee Liqueur Glaze

I love scones. It’s not quite a cookie and it’s not quite a muffin. It’s in between and freshly baked scones are the yummiest! I thought of this recipe because I had leftover white chocolate chips from when I made my White Chocolate Chip Nutella Cookies and I also had a coffee liqueur left over. I didn’t want to waste it and I thought, why not put it together? So this is how this recipe was born. This was my first time making it and I actually liked how it came out. Maybe next time, I’ll add the coffee liqueur to the scones mixture as well, not just for the glaze. But that’s for another future recipe. ;-p

White Chocolate Chip Scones

What you need:

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup white sugar (brown sugar works too)

1 tbs pure vanilla extract

pinch of salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup white chocolate chips

1 stick of unsalted butter – melted (Save about 2 tbs for the glaze and use the rest for the scones)

1 egg

1/4 cup milk

1. Pre-heat oven to 400F.

2. In a large mixing bowl, combine your dry ingredients: flour, pinch of salt, baking powder, sugar and white chocolate chips.

3. In another bowl, mix wet ingredients: egg, butter, vanilla extract, milk

4. Combine both mixtures together and create your dough gently. Once the dough is mixed, don’t over knead it. Over kneading makes the dough hard.

5. Place dough on a baking or cookie sheet. You don’t have to make perfect looking round balls for the scones. I made my scones in an oval shape.

6. Bake for about 16-18 minutes or until you see golden edges. Makes about 12-14 scones.

Coffee Liqueur Glaze

What you need:

1/3 cup coffee liqueur (Try Kahlua)

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tbs pure vanilla extract

2 tbs butter

1. Heat and combine all the ingredients together in a sauce pan. Mix thoroughly so that the sugar completely melts and thickens.

2. Drizzle all over your warm white chocolate scones.

These taste so good while warm so eat them right away. Try it with a cup of coffee or tea. =)