Caramel Apple Scones

It's fall, that wonderful magical time of year when it's so cold I seriously consider moving to a tropical location. That time of year I spend wearing oversize sweaters, thick leggings, cozy socks, fluffy house shoes, and cuddled under 10 warm blankets while drinking hot tea. But to bake I have to come out from under my blankets and suffer through the cold for a bit. There is one reward though. After the baked good comes out of the oven, there is still heat in the oven. I can huddle over the oven absorbing the heat. I'm sure you can all picture me worshiping the heat coming out of the oven wishing that I could just crawl inside the oven and cuddle up.

A friend and I needed to provide snacks for our youth group meeting and we wanted a fall theme. She was going to make pumpkin cupcakes and so I needed to make something with apples. But what? Apple cake? Boring.  Apple bread? Even more boring. Apple muffins? The most boring of all.I needed something new. I really don't like baking boring things. It's not worth the time and effort it takes. So I went to the internet and searched around for recipes for a while. I found nothing. No good apple recipes were coming up quickly enough. I finally gave up and messaged my friend who was helping with snacks. She had the perfect idea. (So thank you Grace!) Caramel apple scones. I must admit the idea sounded perfect to me. What is more fall themed than apple and caramel? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I hand chopped all the apples. Why? I don't know. I very easily could have pulled out the food processor and had them done in a minute. But me, being confusing me decided to chop them all by hand. And let me tell you that that is actually very time consuming. But kind of worth it because I got them all to be these nice little uniform cubes instead of awkward weird chinks. My OCD side very much appreciated this. ;)

After whipping all the ingredients together and rolling them out I cut them into small triangles. I wanted mini-scones so I would have plenty to go around. I do want to make them again in full size though. Breakfast?

I completely and totally fell in love with the caramel frosting. Though it really tasted more like a butterscotch frosting to me. I don't think you can get a caramel frosting without chemicals or something. 

I really did like the end product. The scone wasn't too sweet so it was complimented by the sweet frosting. I'm quite a fan of combinations like that. Sweet pastry with sweet frosting is just too much sweet. The not too sweet and sweet just balance each other nicely.

~Alyssa <3