

The first bite you take will make you think of a fresh cinnamon roll, and then you can’t stop eating it. The rolls are fresh out of the oven and they hit the table when you do, so there’s no waiting to tear into a magnificently gooey sweet roll topped with soft cinnamon butter. I never thought dinner rolls were something I could get excited about until I got my hand into the breadbasket at Texas Roadhouse. The scones will flatten and spread out a little bit as they bake.

Then use one hand to place the dough onto the baking sheet and form it into a rough dome shape. The best way to form the scones is to use both hands and shape the dough like you’re making a loose snowball. These are cream scones, so cream is the main wet ingredient that holds the dough together-but keep the dough crumbly as you mix it, and try not to compress it much, or you risk making the final product too dense. I like to hack the latest recipe, so the newer version of Panera Bread Cinnamon Crunch Scones is the version I’ve re-created here. When first released, these scones were cut as triangles and frosted, but in 2018 the shape was changed to more “rustic”-shaped round blobs with drizzled or piped icing on top.

After the success of Panera Bread’s Cinnamon Crunch Bagels, the popular sandwich chain went back into the development kitchen and came out with these incredible scones, filled with the same crunchy cinnamon drops found in the bagels and drizzled with cinnamon icing.
