Scones are a sweet biscuit often served with tea. These delicious scones are made with sourdough starter and chockful of cinnamon and apples.

If you have never used a sourdough starter don’t let this keep you from enjoying these scones. Sourdough is very easy to feed and is very forgiving. If you have a lot of questions, read my Sourdough for Dummies post. It should answer most of the questions you have.

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You can mix this dough one day and put it in the fridge to bake another day, I do that especially if I’m pushed for time on the day I mix it. THM guidelines for fermenting are as follows….7 hours fermenting at room temperature or 24 hours fridge fermenting. I will combine the two kinds of fermenting using this guideline…1 hour room temperature fermenting is equal to 3.5 hours of fridge fermenting.

I use a Pampered Chef Sifter/shaker to sprinkle the cinnamon mixture into the dough. It works very well.

Here is the dough after being folded. Below you will see what the layer look like after I cut this in half.

The reason I fold the dough is to get flakey layers. This will make very tender scones which we love.

I always use parchment paper on my cookie sheets. It makes clean up a breeze. I cut the scones with my large serrated bread knife. I don’t move them apart but just let them on the sheet like this.

When I opened my oven door….this is what greeted my eyes. This delicious scones all puffed up and showing the cinnamon layers.

Sourdough Cinnamon Apple Scones, THM E, Sugar-free

• 2 cups White Whole Wheat Flour
• 3 tablespoons cold butter, grated
• 1 1/4 cups sourdough starter, unfed works well
• 1/3 cup peeled and grated apples
• 1/3 cup Brown Sugar Sweetener Substitute
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2-3 tablespoons water
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tarter
• 1/2 teaspoon Mineral Salt
• In a mixer bowl combine White Whole Wheat Flour and cold butter. Mix for 1 minute. Add starter, apples, sweetener, applesauce, water, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix until combined. Allow dough to ferment for 7 hours at room temperature OR a combination of 4 hours at room temp and 12 hours in the fridge. When ready to bake, in a shaker combine 1 teaspoon cinnamon, baking soda, cream of tartar, and Mineral Salt. Press the dough out in a large rectangle sprinkle some of the cinnamon mixture over the dough. Fold the dough into 3rds, and press out again. Repeat until you have used all the cinnamon mixture. Divide dough into 2 pieces. On a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, press each piece into a circle 3/4 inch thick. With a large knife cut each circle into 8 pieces. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. bake for 15-18 minutes. 16 scones.

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