: a rich quick bread cut into usually triangular shapes and cooked on a griddle or baked on a sheet
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebFiddleheads also has a dark chocolate chip cherry muffin, cinnamon chip scone with cider glaze, and two cookies including the apple cinnamon and butter pecan with sea salt. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 Here are six restaurants where the Utah version of the scone is a highlight of the menu. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022 Among the pumpkin-heavy slate will be the brand's famed latte, cold brew coffee, scone and pumpkin cream cheese muffin, Devo said. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 20 Aug. 2022 Set up with tables and chairs, a snack bar and wet bar, the café includes goodies such as a blueberry lemon scone ($5), Macron Trio ($9), Traveler’s Cheese and Charcuterie Box (8), Monet Blend Popcorn ($7) and more. Chloe Mcgowan, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022 But be generous with it; a full tablespoon in each scone gives you a bit in each bite. Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2021 The pumpkin cream cheese muffin and pumpkin scone are available for a limited time, while the pumpkin loaf is stocked year-round. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 But, as The Salt Lake Tribune reported in 2006, that’s not the Utah definition of a scone. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022 Choose a beverage from their lengthy list of loose teas and tisanes, along with a scone with fruit and jam, fresh fruit (nice!), four finger sandwiches (perhaps turkey with mango chutney or lobster salad), and four decadent seasonal desserts. Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
perhaps from Dutch schoonbrood fine white bread, from schoon pure, clean + brood bread