BANANA-NUT SCONES

Banana-Nut Scones image

Fluffy banana-nut scones loaded with walnuts and cinnamon!

Provided by matti

Categories Scones

Time 50m

Yield 11

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

2 medium bananas
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup Greek yogurt
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled
1 cup chopped walnuts, or more to taste
⅓ cup maple syrup
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
Place bananas in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until mashed. Add brown sugar, yogurt, egg, and vanilla, beating until smooth. Add cinnamon, baking powder, and salt, beating to combine. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, beating just until combined after each addition. Do not overmix.
Grate chilled butter into batter using a cheese grater. Beat to combine. Fold in walnuts using a rubber spatula. Drop batter by generous 1/4 cupfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until edges and tops of scones are golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of a scone comes out with only crumbs, 17 to 20 minutes.
When scones have a few minutes left in the oven, combine maple syrup and butter for glaze in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook until butter melts completely; do not boil. Remove from heat. Add just enough confectioners' sugar, whisking in a small amount at a time, to reach desired consistency for glaze.
Drizzle glaze over scones using a spoon or whisk.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 379.8 calories, Carbohydrate 56.7 g, Cholesterol 37.4 mg, Fat 15.6 g, Fiber 2.4 g, Protein 5.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.7 g, Sodium 231.7 mg, Sugar 29.8 g