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Homemade Eggnog Scones are perfect for breakfast or for a snack during the holidays! Serve these tasty scones for Christmas breakfast.
Do you like eggnog? Then you will love these eggnog scones. These scones have eggnog added to the dough and added to the glaze.
During the holiday season I tend to bake up a storm. I have been baking my favorite holiday cookies including raspberry bow tie cookies, cranberry swirl cookies and Christmas sugar cookies.
I’ve also been baking holiday breads and scones. These eggnog scones are filled with eggnog and cinnamon and nutmeg. They are a favorite in our household this time of the year.
During the holidays, we often have eggnog in our refrigerator. We like to add it to our coffee in the morning. Because eggnog has so much flavor, I’ve started using in baking recipes. I’ve added it to these scones and I’ve added it in a cranberry coffee cake!
Tips for Making Scones in the Food Processor
- Place all dry ingredients in food processor – pulse until mixed.
- Use cold butter cut into small 1/4 inch cubes.
- Add butter to food processor and mix for 5- 7 seconds.
- Add liquid – mix until dough begins to form together.
- Dump dough and any dry mixture onto a counter. Lightly knead any remaining flour into dough.
Tips for Making Scones by Hand
- Place all dry ingredients into a bowl – mix.
- Use cold butter cut into small 1/4 inch cubes.
- Add butter to dry mixture. Use you hands to incorporate butter into the flour. I use my fingers to smear the butter and flour mixture together.
- Add liquid and mix just until dough comes together.
- Dump dough and any dry mixture onto a counter. Lightly knead any remaining flour into dough.
How long will these scones keep?
Scones are best eaten within two days of baking.
More delicious holiday recipes
- Oatmeal Banana Muffins
- Apple Pull Apart Bread
- Cranberry Bread
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Cranberry Scones
- Christmas Breakfast – a collection of recipes perfect for Christmas morning
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Eggnog Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup cold butter (cut into small pieces)
- ¾ cup eggnog
- 2 Tablespoons eggnog (for brushing scones before baking)
Glaze
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons eggnog
Instructions
- In a food processor, add all dry ingredients. Blend for 3-5 seconds until mixed.
- Add butter. Blend for 3-5 seconds until butter is well incorporated with the flour mixture.
- Add 3/4 cup of eggnog. Blend until mixture forms together,
- Remove dough from food processor. Knead dough a few times, blending in any of the flour mixture that didn’t blend into dough.
- Form dough into a 8 inch circle. Cut into 8 wedges. Place each wedge on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Wedges should be spaced 1/2 inch apart.
- Brush top of wedges with eggnog.
- Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 18-20 minutes.
- Cool on a baking rack.
Glaze
- Mix powdered sugar and 2 Tablespoons of eggnog.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled scones.
Notes
- Place all dry ingredients in food processor – pulse until mixed.
- Use cold butter cut into small 1/4 inch cubes.
- Add butter to food processor and mix for 5- 7 seconds.
- Add liquid – mix until dough begins to form together.
- Dump dough and any dry mixture onto a counter. Lightly knead any remaining flour into dough.
- Place all dry ingredients into a bowl – mix.
- Use cold butter cut into small 1/4 inch cubes.
- Add butter to dry mixture. Use you hands to incorporate butter into the flour. I use my fingers to smear the butter and flour mixture together.
- Add liquid and mix just until dough comes together.
- Dump dough and any dry mixture onto a counter. Lightly knead any remaining flour into dough.
22 Comments
JB
December 19, 2020 at 4:44 pmTastes really good but as a cinnamon scone – really couldn’t taste the eggnog at all, unfortunately.
David @ Spiced
December 14, 2020 at 4:34 amI’m a huge eggnog fan, so I know I would be all over these scones! And, yes, I also love baking during the holidays. (I love baking all year long, but the holidays makes it more special.) I’ll have to pick up a bottle of nog (our first of the season!) to make these scones. These would be perfect for Christmas morning breakfast!
Katie
December 13, 2020 at 5:45 amThese were so delicious and turned out perfectly! 🙂 I can’t wait to make them again.
Kathy
December 13, 2020 at 8:53 amThanks, Katie! I’ll be making these a few times during the holidays too!
Enjoy 🙂