My sconut recipe will give you the perfect texture of a scone with the irresistible flavor of a doughnut, all in one bite! Plus, the best part? They’re baked in the oven, not fried, making them a healthier option. Whether you can’t decide between a scone or a doughnut or simply love both, this recipe is a must-try for all scone and doughnut lovers!
Ingredients & Substitutions
Cake Flour: Cake flour is made from a specific variety of soft wheat. It is finely milled with a lower protein content than all-purpose flour, resulting in a delicate texture for cakes, pastries, and other baked goods. We recommend using bleached cake flour for best results, or unbleached for a more natural option.
Room Temperature Ingredients: For best results, use room temperature butter and milk in the recipe.
Glaze: The sweet glaze not only adds flavor but also helps to preserve the moisture in the sconuts.
Creating Smaller Sconuts
This homemade sconuts recipe makes 8 large pieces. To make them smaller, simply create two circles of dough instead of one. Then, you can cut each circle into 8 sections, giving you 16 sconuts.
Can I Make Sconuts Ahead of Time?
Sure! You can certainly get the dough made in advance and store it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours before cutting and baking.
How to Store Sconuts
We recommend storing your homemade sconuts in an airtight container at room temperature for optimal freshness. You can also store them in the refrigerator for a chilled treat. To ensure your sconuts maintain their delicious flavor and texture, be sure to enjoy them within 2-3 days of baking.
Sconuts
Ingredients
- 3 cups (300 g) cake flour
- ⅔ cup (133 g) granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ cup (½ stick / 57 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup (184 g) whole milk, plus 1 teaspoon, room temperature
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Glaze
- 4 cups (500 g) confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons corn syrup
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup (122.5 g) whole milk, room temperature
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Add butter and mix until it becomes a sand-like consistency.
- In a separate bowl, combine milk, egg, and vanilla.
- Slowly add the wet mixture to the flour mixture, mixing on low until a soft dough forms.
- Fold the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, sprinkling flour on top of the dough.
- Shape the dough into a circle, rolling it out to about ⅓-inch thick. Using a pizza cutter or a sharp knife, cut the dough into wedges, sprinkling more flour as needed (if the dough is too sticky).
- Carefully place the wedges onto the lined baking sheets, leaving 1-2 inches between each wedge.
- Bake 10-12 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through baking time, until golden brown.
Glaze
- In a medium bowl, combine sugar, syrup, vanilla, salt, and milk. Whisk together until smooth, adding more milk (if necessary) to reach your desired consistency.
- After the sconuts have cooled slightly, pour the glaze over them until completely covered. Serve immediately.
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I love all your recipes. I have tried a number of them. Lots use ingredients I have in my cupboard. Thank you
Can you use all purpose. Flour. If that is all I have & don’t won’t to go buy cake flour & might not use it again
You can make your own cake flour… Measure 1 level cup of all-purpose flour, remove 2 tablespoons of the flour and add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch to the all-purpose flour. Whisk together to combine and use as a substitute for 1 cup cake flour. 🙂 Good luck!!!
I can’t wait to try this recipe. Can you offer other flavors that have worked for you?
Thank you!!!
We haven’t tried other flavors, but if you do let me know! 🙂
Made this a few minutes ago- I weighed out my ingredients (making no substitutions) and the dough was very soft. More like a muffin batter. I added another 1/4 cup after mixing it up and scraped it onto a floured piece of parchment and generously floured the top to pat it out to a round. There was no way I was going to be able to cut it into eight and have it slide apart into separate pieces so I just scored it (the dough stuck to my bench scraper) and baked it then cut apart after baking. I halved the glaze and still had leftovers. They taste like a biscuit to me.
I think the flour ratio is off and you might consider halving the glaze! Just a heads up if anyone else makes them and the dough is too soft to cut apart- just bake in one large round and cut after!
Hi Laura! Did you use cake flour? It’s almost impossible to get a wet batter based on the amounts of the ingredients. 3 cups cake flour vs. just over a cup of the liquid total in the sconuts. It is definitely on the dryer side. However, I will remake and review the glaze amounts, as we used it to pour over the sconuts to coat completely, maybe others won’t do that.
Amanda, I had the same results with muffin consistency. Added more flour and baking time.
When I just made it I weighed the milk and it only came to 1/2 cup liquid. So I made it the 3/4 c shown on recipe. Way too soft. So I think it should have said 1/2 cup milk
Yes, I used cake flour. And I used a liquid measuring cup for the milk measurement.🤷🏻♀️
I put all the ingredients in My Fitness Pal Recipe Creator and I believe you have it wrong. It matched all the same ingredients and here are the results:
* Servings are 255 per 1/8 of slice or a total of 2,040
So how did you come up with 581???
Hi Sans – I double checked the numbers, had someone else double check, and then another person run the numbers just to see what results we would get. It was the same every time. To be quite honest, My Fitness Pal is very nitpicky and will often auto-populate totals and change your amounts, so I can see how you could have made an error in your calculations. Rest assured, the calculations in the post are correct.