Coconut Scones with Coconut Nutella Glaze

I hadn’t baked any treats since I moved into my new house. The first delicious treat that came from my kitchen (and it’s MINE because I bought a house!) are these scones. I had intended to follow the recipe I had found to the tee – but then as I pulled them out of the oven and saw my jar of Nutella peaking out of the cabinet, I just knew there was a way to include the deliciousness of the hazelnut chocolate spread into these scones.

I’ve been eating these for breakfast all week and they somehow still remain perfectly moist (not too dry, but the very right texture for scones.)

Coconut Scones with Coconut Nutella Glaze
(original recipe)

Ingredients

FOR THE SCONES:
1 cup + 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/2 tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar + more for sprinkling on top
1/2 cup shredded coconut
6 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cubed
1/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
1 large egg
1/4 tsp coconut extract
1/2 cup pecans, chopped

FOR THE GLAZE:
1/2 tbsp unsweetened coconut milk
1/8 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp skim milk
1 tbsp Nutella

Directions

FOR THE SCONES:

1. Preheat the oven to 400. Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and coconut together in a bowl for a mixer. Beat the cold butter into your dry ingredients using a mixer)
2. Whisk the coconut milk, eggs, and coconut extract together in another bowl.
3. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, until well combined.
4. Fold the pecans into the batter.
5. Scoop portions of the batter onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silpat sheet. Your scoops should be about the size of a ping pong ball.
6. Sprinkle the tops of your scones with sugar. Bake for 17 minutes.

FOR THE GLAZE:

1. Mix together the coconut milk, extract, powdered sugar, milk, and Nutella until smooth.
2. Drizzle over the scones while they’re still warm.

• makes approximately 1 dozen scones

This recipe is being shared with We Should Cocoa (hosted by Tin and Thyme), Tea Time Treats (hosted by Lavender and Lovage, Travels for Taste, and Jo’s Kitchen) , and Treat Petite (hosted by Cakeyboi and The Baking Explorer.)