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Banana Scones

January 10th, 2013

Banana Scones

Don’t worry. I haven’t gone off the rails and reverted to unhealthy food after all the promises I have made for the month of January. But I really, really needed a baked good. I really did, so I put fruit in it and called it good.

I have actually been sick this week. Like the icky stomach flu kind that we shall not discuss further on a food blog kind. I am very off my game and nothing sounds good to me. Except for these scones. Banana scones.

I love banana baked goods- but didn’t have the patience for banana bread. Plus I’ve had scones on the brain. (I find that happening a lot lately… ) So I just added mashed banana to my breakfast scones and created a comforting and incredibly tasty treat for myself.

Banana Scones

These are so tender and only subtly sweet and spiced and they make your house smell like complete heaven. I also highly recommend them with a slather of nutella. And now, if you will excuse me I would love to do nothing more than crawl into my sweats and sleep the weekend away. (ha! I’m sure my 3 and 5 year olds will totally let me do that, right?)

To make these banana scones, this is what you do:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and prepare a sheet pan with a silpat or parchment paper. In the bowl of a food processor, combine the dry ingredients.

Banana Scones

Pulse in the cold butter to a coarse crumb.

Banana Scones

In a separate bowl combine the banana, heavy cream and egg and mix them together well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.

Banana Scones

Pulse until the dough comes together well.

Banana Scones

Turn out onto a floured surface and gently form into a disc. Slice into 8 scones.

Banana Scones

Banana Scones

Put the scones on the prepared sheet pan and rub the top of each with some of the heavy cream, and then sprinkle with sugar.

Banana Scones

Bake the scones at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool and Enjoy!

Banana Scones

Recipe: Banana Scones

Ingredients

  • -2 cups flour
  • -½ cup sugar
  • -1 teaspoon baking powder
  • -½ teaspoon baking soda
  • -½ teaspoon salt
  • -½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • -8 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
  • -½ cup mashed banana
  • -2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • -1 egg, beaten
  • -1 tablespoon cream
  • -vanilla sugar (or table sugar)

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and prepare a sheet pan with a silpat or parchment paper.
  2. 2.In the bowl of a food processor, combine the dry ingredients. Pulse in the cold butter.
  3. 3. In a separate bowl combine the banana, heavy cream and egg and mix them together well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and Pulse until the dough comes together well.
  4. 4. Turn out onto a floured surface and gently form into a disc. Slice into 8 scones.
  5. 5. Put the scones on the prepared sheet pan and rub the top of each with some of the heavy cream, and then sprinkle with sugar.
  6. 6. Bake the scones at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool and Enjoy!

Preparation time: 10 minute(s)

Cooking time: 10 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8

  1. Annie says:

    Don’t have any bananas at home… I wonder what will happen if I substitue avocado ahaha

    8:42 pm on January 10th, 2013
  2. Vicki B says:

    Oh my! These look amazing! I just cleaned out my freezer and found one lone frozen overripe banana and just “knew” there was a reason to keep it. This is obviously it! FYI, this is the best kept secret around for stomach bugs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactinex We keep a box of granuals in the frig. The phamacy at Safeway orders them for us.

    4:18 am on January 11th, 2013
  3. christine says:

    Yum! Perhaps tomorrows breakfast? Thank you. Hope you feel better soon.Happy weekend!

    4:51 am on January 11th, 2013
  4. Kare @ Kitchen Treaty says:

    So sorry to hear you all have had that terrible-sounding stomach bug! Ugh, so miserable. These scones look fantastic and I can see why you craved them anyway!

    6:42 am on January 11th, 2013
  5. Amanda says:

    They sound and look so good… hope you are back to 100% asap!

    7:20 am on January 11th, 2013
  6. Heather Christo says:

    Thank you Amanda!

    7:24 am on January 11th, 2013
  7. Tasha Zee says:

    Oh my … love these … and with the nutella… you had me at slather. :)

    7:24 am on January 11th, 2013
  8. Heather Christo says:

    Thanks Kare- doing much better :) yes, they are certainly crave worthy!

    7:25 am on January 11th, 2013
  9. Heather Christo says:

    You too Christine! These would be the best Saturday morning breakfast ever…

    7:25 am on January 11th, 2013
  10. Heather Christo says:

    THANK YOU VICKI!! still not 100 % I will get right on this. Happy you found that banana….

    7:26 am on January 11th, 2013
  11. Heather Christo says:

    yikes Annie!!! Its the right texture? Please let me know if you try!!

    7:26 am on January 11th, 2013
  12. Jenny Flake says:

    Oh boy Heather, I would do some damage to that gorgeous plate of scones!

    7:44 am on January 11th, 2013
  13. Heather Christo says:

    lol!! As did I jenny :)

    8:03 am on January 11th, 2013
  14. Heather Christo says:

    awesome Tasha :)

    8:03 am on January 11th, 2013
  15. Kevin @ Closet Cooking says:

    Waking up to these would be the perfect way to start the morning!

    8:11 am on January 11th, 2013
  16. Sommer@ASpicyPerspective says:

    LOVE this idea!!

    8:13 am on January 11th, 2013
  17. Heather Christo says:

    Thanks Sommer!

    8:17 am on January 11th, 2013
  18. Julie @ Table for Two says:

    I love your step by step photos – so pretty! I’d gladly have a couple of these scones for breakfast tomorrow morning, please :) do you overnight? ;)

    8:33 am on January 11th, 2013
  19. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says:

    Heck yes! It’s weird how there’s banana flavoured everything, and no banana scone recipes anywhere. I can’t wait to try!

    9:08 am on January 11th, 2013
  20. marla says:

    Any baked good with banana and I am sold ~ looks great Heather!

    9:53 am on January 11th, 2013
  21. Lucy Lean says:

    I’m loving baking with bananas at the moment – these look really good and SO HEALTHY!!!

    10:05 am on January 11th, 2013
  22. Aimee @ Simple Bites says:

    OK, so I AM actually going to sleep the weekend away…but only on doctor’s post-op orders!

    I’m going to dream about these scones….

    12:09 pm on January 11th, 2013
  23. Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says:

    Amazing! I would do anything to wake up to a couple of these before i head off to work!

    1:14 pm on January 11th, 2013
  24. susan says:

    thank you Heather! I have 2 disgustingly, ripe bananas sitting on my fridge shelf and I have been wanting to bake for the teacher. Come Monday a.m. these perfect little scones will be on their way to school with Isaac!

    1:23 pm on January 11th, 2013
  25. Kelley Taylor @ Misty Bleu Farm says:

    Last weekend I made a batch of Ginger and lemon scones that came out so-so. These sound soooo much better, and I love your idea to slather them with Nutella. You really know what’s crave-worthy, Heather.

    1:28 pm on January 11th, 2013
  26. Marian (Sweetopia) says:

    Oh yeah! These look amazing as is, and with nutella… well, you know!

    1:42 pm on January 11th, 2013
  27. Gaby says:

    dying over there!! SO OBSESSED!

    5:12 pm on January 11th, 2013
  28. Erika @ The Hopeless Housewife says:

    So smart to use the food processor!

    6:33 pm on January 11th, 2013
  29. Sara says:

    Do you use the regular food processor blade or the dough blade? Thanks

    8:57 am on January 25th, 2013
  30. Heather Christo says:

    Regular Blade!

    8:59 am on January 25th, 2013
  31. Sara says:

    Thanks for this recipe, Heather! It is super easy, and came out great- already made them twice! If I wanted to make a different flavor, do you compensate for leaving out the banana witih some other moisture?

    9:18 am on January 27th, 2013
  32. Heather Christo says:

    Great Sara! Check out my other scone recipes on the site (there are like 5-6 other varieties) they will give you a great idea of how to do other flavors.

    1:51 pm on January 27th, 2013
  33. Cinnamon-filled Banana Bread Scones says:

    [...] be eating them within minutes. Luckily for me, I discovered what seemed to be a lovely recipe from Heather Christo Cooks. I made a few tweaks, and decided that a gooey cinnamon filling sounded kinda amazing, so added [...]

    6:09 am on March 8th, 2013
  34. Maria says:

    Delicious and easy to make ! Thanks for the recipe.

    11:34 am on March 16th, 2013
  35. Heather Christo says:

    So glad you liked them Maria! they are one of my favorites :)

    11:35 am on March 16th, 2013
  36. Ashley says:

    I made these this morning and they turned out great! They’re nice and fluffy and great with a slather of Nutella. YUM!!

    9:11 am on April 21st, 2013
  37. Heather Christo says:

    So great to hear Ashley!! thank you!

    8:03 pm on April 21st, 2013
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