Buttered Pecan Scones
I had forgotten what the holidays smelled like til I made these scones. The aroma of pecans sautéing in butter or baking in custard for pecan pie is the essence of late December for me. But, summer also smells like pecans sautéing in butter because everyone knows the best flavor of ice cream is buttered pecan. I guess us Texans are just pecan eatin’ people.
Bake these for a romantic Christmas morning before all the relatives come to your house, and enjoy them peacefully with coffee. Or, bake them the morning before a big Christmas shopping trip because they will comfort you as you drive all over town looking for the perfect gift for everyone on your list. You will miraculously not be annoyed at traffic, or stores that have not restocked their merchandise since Black Friday, or even the lady who pulls out the pepper spray in line (did y’all hear about that??).
I promise they’ll keep a smile on your face til lunchtime. After lunch, though, you’re on your own. I recommend cupcakes.
- ½ cup + 3 tablespoons flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2½ tablespoons butter + 1 tablespoon
- ¼ cup whole pecan halves
- ¼ cup cream (plus extra for brushing)
- Coarse sugar for the top, if desired
- Preheat the oven to 400 and grease a small cookie sheet.
- In a small skillet, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter with the pecans. Let toast slowly over low heat until they are fragrant. When done, remove from heat and let cool.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add the 2½ tablespoons of cold butter and work it into the flour using your hands or a pastry cutter. When the butter is the size of rice grains and is evenly distributed throughout the flour, add the cream. Stir together lightly, then add the buttered pecan mixture. Dump the mixture out onto a floured board and need no more than 10 times to make the dough come together. Form a 6” long rectangle, cut it in half, then place on the baking sheet 5″ apart. Brush with extra cream and sprinkle with coarse sugar, if desired. Bake for 15 minutes.
oh my… these sound delicious. you had me at “buttered.”
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Can I ride around with you and go shopping while you feed me these? Please?
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nicole {sweet peony} Reply:
December 6th, 2011 at 9:50 am
heck, i’d ride in the truck if i could get in on that action!
these scones sound amazing. i love pecans. and butter? come on. i’m definitely gonna make these for one of our shopping trips
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nicole {sweet peony} Reply:
December 6th, 2011 at 9:51 am
hmm that was kind of supposed to say ‘trunk’.
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Hahaha, I DID hear about that pepper spraying woman — that’s really seriously crazy. I’m sure this smells and tastes even more amazing. Butter & pecans..you can never go wrong
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sounds incredible, just like the ice cream!
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I kind of just love buttered anything:-) These would be a huge hit!
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you’re the second blog in 5 mins to bake with pecans that I’ve visited..that’s a message for me to go pick some up. yum! these look great!
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Butter Pecan is one of my favorite flavors….I think it’s a southern thing!! (actually I always thought it was an old person thing too, but we’re both young so that can’t be true!! )
Totally bookmarking this. Looks so good!!
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Ooh! This is perfect to settle in with. Love the idea of buttery pecan scones with my morning coffee.
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Love a good buttery scone for a breakfast treat! These look perfect!
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Buttered pecans, you are speakin’ my language.
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Well, there you go. I was just wondering what types of scones to make for Christmas breakfast this year and now you’ve helped me figure it out! Can’t wait to try these!
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Mmmm . . . I can just smell them! I adore scones. This looks like a lovely and simple recipe. Beautiful!
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that looks so soft, edible, and yummy, buttery! Really love your recipes and blog, it’s a great way of having just the right amount of dessert lying around at home.
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There is a very good chance I’ll make these for Christmas morning…you don’t have to try hard to talk me into anything with “buttered pecan” in the title!
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My husband has this new recent obsession with pecans. It’s like he just discovered them for the first time or something and he’s sitting over my shoulder as I read this saying “you MUST make these” so they will be making an appearance soon in my kitchen
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I am not a fan of butter pecan ice cream, but I do like pecans and butter. These look like delicious scones!
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Another post which makes me wanna fast forward to Christmas!!:) What a whole lot of festive cookies
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You are so funny and these babies would be tasty and on time all day long!
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Mmm how incredible these must taste. I picked up some ingredients to make scones 3 weeks ago and still haven’t gotton around to it.
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I have not made scones in ages!! I love these and I have a TON of pecans, lol
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These sound so awesome…I’m such sucker for buttered pecan anything!
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Butter+pecans=brilliant! Love this recipe!
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I was thinking these scones would taste wonderful with a side of that butter pecan ice cream…
Thanks for another delish recipe, Christina, and for your delightful commentary with it!
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Butter & Pecans, YES please! I’d like one right now
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I plan on making some of your cupcakes this week – hopefully tomorrow! Can’t wait!!!
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My favorite ice cream flavors are butter pecan and pralines and cream! I had no idea Texans love their pecans!
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Pecans totally smell like Christmas!
These are darn cute.
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Yum! I want to make these NOW!
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When I saw these lovelies on instagram, I instantly knew I had to make them. Am making my 12 days of Christmas baking list and these will definitely go on them. Thank you for sharing such a lovely recipe!
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holy. YUM. these look to die for – and a recipe that makes 2??? DANGEROUS.
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Oh my oh my! Butter pecan ice cream is my fav! When it is combined with mint chip and fudge and black raspberry cheesecake,… wow, another level.
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These look wonderful!!! I love butter pecan, I can almost smell the yumminess.
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the scones were wonderful and the buttered pecans took the scone to a whole new level of goodness!
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I just made this for me & my husband and we loved it. Thank you so much!
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