Petite Vanilla Bean Scones with Vanilla Bean Glaze
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Petite Vanilla Bean Scones with Vanilla Bean Glaze will be the biggest hit at your brunch or tea parties! Moist and crumby scones are full of buttery, vanilla bean flavor, but it’s the sweet vanilla bean glaze that will have you licking the plate. Serve these for Mother’s Day, alongside tea sandwiches for High Tea, or for a fancy breakfast pastry alongside your favorite coffee.
This may be a little last minute but your Mother’s Day brunch menu needs these scones on it! They are an unbelievably delicious treat. They are inspired by the Petite Vanilla Bean Scones at Starbucks. I bought one there last week and, while it was good, these are so much better! They are soft and moist and the vanilla flavor in them is so refreshing. Plus, scones are just so much more fancy than your regular cake or cookies!
Petite Vanilla Bean Scones with Vanilla Bean Glaze
I thought these sweet, mellow scones paired perfectly with a vibrant, tart cup of Hibiscus tea. That’s only how I ate the first one then after that I was just snarfing them down all day, so elegant and ladylike right? I think they’d be really good with green tea, orange zest tea, English breakfast tea, Earl Grey tea, juice, or hot chocolate (my kids’ favorite choice). Serve with matching floral cups and dishes if you have them!
These scones are brimming with vanilla bean seeds, as in so many my mom told me she thought they were poppy seeds from the photos. I was happy to see how much my mom loved them! She hasn’t been eating many sweets as of late because she’s on a low-sugar diet (just out of choice not health reasons), but I just kept watching her reach for one after another as we were sitting there talking. It’s definitely easy to lose track of how many of these you’ve eaten. They are a little smaller than the traditional scone (not quite as tiny as Starbucks) so that helped me feel a little better about it when I began to lose count. Try them soon, you’ll love them too!
Tea Party Food Ideas
A tea party is always a good idea. Consider hosting a tea party-themed birthday, having a tea party set up for Mother’s Day or a baby shower or bridal shower, or just to make a regular day a little more fancy with an afternoon tea party. Of course, I start with sweet treats and tea cakes, but it’s always good to round out your tea party menu with appetizers, finger sandwiches, and other finger foods. Classics include cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches, slices of cake, bite-size cookies, and a sampling of tea and other beverages to taste. Here are a few recipes you can try:
- Cucumber Sandwiches
- Puff Pastry Fruit Tarts
- Egg Salad Sandwiches
- Golden Milk
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Strawberry Crunch Spinach Salad
- Crumb Cake
- Horchata
- Mini Cupcakes
- Pineapple Mango Lemonade
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Petite Vanilla Bean Scones with Vanilla Bean Glaze
Ingredients
- 2 cups (280g) all-purpose flour
- 6 Tbsp (82g) granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup + 1 Tbsp heavy cream , divided
- 1 large egg
- Seeds of 1 small vanilla bean
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 Tbsp unsalted butter , cold and grated or diced into 1/4-inch pieces
Glaze
- 1 cup (126g) powdered sugar, plus more if needed
- 1 1/2 Tbsp heavy cream
- 1 1/2 Tbsp milk
- Seeds of 1 small vanilla bean
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone liner, set aside.
- In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt for 20 seconds, set aside. In a mixing bowl or 2-cup liquid measuring cup, whisk together 2/3 cup heavy cream, egg, vanilla bean seeds and vanilla extract until well combined, chill in refrigerator until ready to use.
- Add butter to flour mixture and cut into flour using a pastry cutter or fork until it resembles coarse meal. Add cream mixture to flour mixture and stir using a rubber spatula until it starts to come together, then knead mixture (just in the bowl by hand) several times until it has come together well (it will be slightly sticky to work with but will give you moist scones in the end. Also be careful not to overwork the dough so you get tender scones).
- Pour mixture onto a floured surface and gently shape and pat into a 7 by 7-inch square. Cut into 9 equal squares, dusting knife with flour as needed to prevent sticking, then cut each square in half on a diagonal to create two triangles (see photo above).
- Transfer to prepared baking sheet spacing scones evenly apart, and brush tops lightly with remaining 1 Tbsp cream. Bake in preheated oven 12 - 14 minutes until set. Cool on a wire rack then spoon vanilla glaze over tops and spread to edges. Allow glaze to set at room temperature. Store in an airtight container.
- For the glaze:
- Whisk together all glaze ingredients in a mixing bowl well, add more powdered sugar to thicken if needed.