Coconut Scones
May 11th, 2012
I think I have had about a million requests for salads lately. And I have the recipes all ready to go for you- I swear.
But then I made these Coconut Scones the other day. They were so freaking good that I truly felt it would be a criminal offense if I did not share them with you IMMEDIATLEY.
They are so, so moist, and stay that way for days. I slathered mine in raspberry jam and my eyes involuntarily rolled back in my head. That good.
Please, Please, someone tell me that their mom loves coconut and they will make these for her for Mothers Day? If your mom is a coconut lover (mine is) then she deserves these. She NEEDS them.
Speaking of Mothers Day, what are you doing on Sunday? I predict that I will squeeze 2 hours (please, please, please) of hard won quiet in between family gatherings. I would like to spend those in bed in solitary peace and quiet, while wearing sweatpants and watching Bravo. Ideally while eating these coconut scones. Is that so really much to ask? Realistically, I will settle for the dog not pooping on the carpet 10 times like last year.
Coconut Scones with Vanilla Glaze, yields 6 large scones
-2 cups flour
-½ cup sugar
-1tsp baking powder
-½ tsp baking soda
-½ tsp salt
-1 cup finely shredded unsweetened coconut
-8 Tbs butter, cold and cut into 1” pieces
-1/3 cup coconut cream (the thick stuff on the top of a can of coconut milk)
-1/3 cup cold cream
-1 egg
Flour for rolling out the dough
Vanilla Glaze:
-½ cup powdered sugar
-1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract
-2 Tbs cream
THIS IS WHAT THE COCONUT CREAM LOOKS LIKE. DON’T SHAKE THE CAN BEFORE YOU OPEN IT SO THAT THE CREAM STAYS IN A THICK LAYER ON TOP.
1)Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a sheet pan with parchment or a silpat.
2) In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and coconut. Pulse to combine.
3) Add the butter and pulse until you have a coarse crumb.
4) In a small bowl, combine the coconut cream, the cold cream and the egg and whisk it together.
5) Pour the cream mixture into the food processor and pulse until you have a wet dough.
6) Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and gently form a disc.
7) Slice the disc into 6 equal wedges and transfer them to the sheet pan.
8) Bake at 350 degrees for 18 minutes.
9) While you are letting the scones cool for a few minutes, whip up the vanilla glaze.
10) In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, vanilla and cream until you have a smooth glaze.
11) Drizzle the glaze over the still hot scones.
12) Enjoy them immediately or keep them in an airtight container for up to several days.
These look amazing! y mouth is watering and now I’m REALLY hungry!! I’ve never cooked or baked with coconut cream, but I think it’s about time!
4:26 am on May 11th, 2012
Yes, please! These sound absolutely fantastic! I love this idea!
4:33 am on May 11th, 2012
Love them!!! Happy Mother’s Day !
4:50 am on May 11th, 2012
Yes it is Amanda! You will love these!
7:10 am on May 11th, 2012
Thanks Katrina!
7:10 am on May 11th, 2012
Thanks so much Christine! yOu too!
7:10 am on May 11th, 2012
i have a bag of coconut and a can of coconut milk just waiting to be used – these are perfect! Thanks for sharing, these look amazing. Hope you have a wonderful Mothers Day!
7:49 am on May 11th, 2012
These sound and look amazing!! Hope you have an amazing Mothers Day girl!
9:16 am on May 11th, 2012
you too Amanda!
9:17 am on May 11th, 2012
Oh good! thank you! Have a great Mothers Day too!
9:24 am on May 11th, 2012
oh my…i’ve got a ton of coconut that I was trying to figure out what to do with!! this is PERFECT!!!!
10:03 am on May 11th, 2012
Oh my goodness! These do sound pretty amazing. My husband would enjoy these on Father’s Day too. He’s a big coconut fan.
10:03 am on May 11th, 2012
I LOVE these! Happy Mother’s Day to you!
10:26 am on May 11th, 2012
How much do I want these for Mother’s Day!! Have a wonderful day my friend :)
10:36 am on May 11th, 2012
Heather, my mom is a coconut freak! Thanks for sharing the recipe and Happy Mother’s Day!
11:17 am on May 11th, 2012
I love scones and these look delicious! Great idea to incorporate the coconut flavor!
11:31 am on May 11th, 2012
Mmm, these sound divine. We’re having Mother’s Day at our farm – going to drape the picnic tables in white tablecloths and have a surf and turf lunch down by the stream- filet mignon baguette sandwiches and lobster pasta salad. Brownie sundaes for dessert. Of course, somehow I get stuck doing all the cooking! Maybe I’ll make these scones for myself next week as my mother’s day treat – I’ll have to have mine with clotted cream and strawberry jam, though.
11:52 am on May 11th, 2012
yay! great Jen!
1:37 pm on May 11th, 2012
You too Maria!!
1:37 pm on May 11th, 2012
Thanks Marla! Enjoy your mothers Day!
1:37 pm on May 11th, 2012
Thanks Aida!
1:38 pm on May 11th, 2012
That day sounds like pure heaven Kelley!
1:39 pm on May 11th, 2012
My mom is not in America right now, but she does love coconut and if she were here, i’d bake her scones right now.
4:14 pm on May 11th, 2012
oh my gawd. these look fantastic. when i eat anything coconut, i always feel like i should be on a tropical vacation.
5:15 pm on May 11th, 2012
wow, Heather, if I could eat these through my screen right now, I would. I can only imagine what the coconut cream does to the texture and taste of these. Yum! Happy Mom’s Day! xx
8:07 pm on May 11th, 2012
thanks Susan! Happy Mothers Day to you too!
7:06 am on May 12th, 2012
thanks Allison- then these should take you to Tahiti :)
7:07 am on May 12th, 2012
Would sweetened coconut work?
4:37 pm on May 12th, 2012
all I want for mothers day..one year.. Is NOT to have my allergeries going full force and to be able to sit outside with my kids, flown in from wherever they are and enjoy the day. But I am sneezing my brains out, and the boys are not home from college yet. :(. Happy Mothers Day , Heather!
2:42 pm on May 13th, 2012
Oh no!!! My sister was suffering yesterday too. I am so sorry! But Happy Mothers Day :)
7:50 am on May 14th, 2012
Yes- I am sure it would, and this recipe is not that sweet (only 1/2 cup to all that flour) s it will just be a sweeter version :)
7:52 am on May 14th, 2012
I swear I just drooled.
This looks so amazing.
9:06 am on May 14th, 2012
They are to be honest! I made them again yesterday (yes- for myself on mothers day!) but my sisters in law and mother n law LOVED them too!
9:13 am on May 14th, 2012
oh wow! the fourth picture from the top really makes them look moist!
i need to make these :)
thank you for the great recipe!
6:54 pm on May 14th, 2012
These are pure happiness and delight!!! I was a most lucky consumer on Mother’s Day and I’m still thinking about how amazing these were (I took one “to-go”!) Thanks Heather!!
9:19 am on May 17th, 2012
xoxo Rachel!
9:56 am on May 17th, 2012
[...] recipe adapted from Heather Christo Cooks [...]
6:07 am on July 27th, 2012
omg omg yummie looking ~!
10:49 pm on October 18th, 2012
i made this recipe twice following the instructions but my dough is always too wet. how do you get your dough to form into a disk when mine is a wet blob??
3:09 pm on November 23rd, 2012
Lise- it will be very wet dough. Use a little extra flour to help your hands barely bring the dough together into the disc. It is meant to be very wet and sticky- I will add that to the notes so that people expect it- but they bake up nicely!
4:43 pm on November 23rd, 2012
These are incredible – I think my new favourite scone recipe. Love! Thank you!!
11:26 am on April 10th, 2013
Oh Michelle- that makes me so happy- those are some of my very favorites too!
4:31 pm on April 10th, 2013