Carrot Coconut Scones with Citrus Glaze

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    6 to 8

    scones
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented

By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

Published 2010

  • About

Carrots have long belonged to the sweet baking spectrum. In fact, it is likely that cakes sweetened with carrot have been around for many centuries and that carrot cake–type recipes like those we are familiar with today started appearing as early as 1914. Carrots have a high sugar content and subtle taste, which makes them easy to sneak into all manner of baked goods. Additionally, I have succumbed to deep self-delusion and equate all carrot baked things with health and nutrition. True, car