White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Scones

These delicious white chocolate macadamia nut scones call for 10 ingredients… mostly pantry staples. Be sure to follow the recipe card at the bottom of this post very closely since temperature will matter for this recipe. You will need:

• all purpose flour
• sugar
• baking powder
• salt
• unsalted butter
• milk
• vanilla extract
• egg
• white chocolate chips
• macadamia nuts

Scones can seem intimidating to make but I promise this recipe is very forgiving. Here is how to make them:

1. Combine your dry ingredients in a large bowl: flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
2. Add VERY COLD unsalted butter cut into chunks and cut butter into the dry ingredients until it is a course meal. It will look similar to a course crumb topping. This can be done with two forks, a pastry cutter, or hands (if you work fast since you want the butter to stay as cold as possible).
3. Once that is done, add in the nuts and chocolate chips and stir in gently.
4. In a separate bowl, quickly whisk together the liquid ingredients: egg, milk and vanilla. Then, pour into dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
5. Now, for the fun part! Flour the counter or a piece of parchment paper with a good amount of flour. Dump out the dough onto the lightly floured surface and add a little flour at a time until the dough isn’t super sticky. You want to it not stick to your hands as easily but you will still have a soft dough.
6. Shape into a circle about 1″ thick. Don’t worry about it being perfect since you are going to cut it into triangles.
7. Cut into 8 scones and place scones onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Brush tops of scones with milk and bake at 375 degrees for 18-22 minutes or until lightly golden brown.

Yes! You actually have two options here. You can freeze them after they are cut into triangles (before brushing with milk) or after they are baked. The best results would be to freeze them before baking so that they are super fresh when you serve them. You also don’t have to freeze the whole batch, you could bake half and freeze half. See below how to freeze them.

To freeze them, lay out on a baking sheet and let freeze solid before placing in a freezer zip lock bag. Then, when you are ready to bake, bake them right from the freezer. Brush with milk and put in the oven. The baking time will be a little bit longer but other than that it is the same process.

Absolutely! Using cold butter for scones is required to get the tender and fluffy texture associated with scones. If the butter is too warm the scones will come out much more dense.

Yes! Try this recipe with other mix-ins such as lemon zest and raspberries, orange zest and dried cranberries, chocolate chips, etc. Keep the dough the same and easily change the flavor.

Yes! The cold butter gives scones their light and fluffy texture. If you use room temperature or melted butter you will not get the same result.

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Looking for more recipes like these White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Scones? For breakfast, try our Bacon and Cheese Quiche, Banana Scones, Strawberry Dark Chocolate Banana Muffins, Dark Chocolate Walnut Biscotti, Sour Cream Coffee Cake, Sausage Egg Casserole or Very Berry Blueberry Muffins. For dessert, try our Nutella Chickpea Brownies, Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars, Black Moon Whoopie Pies, or Snickerdoodles.