My 10-year-old made these a few days ago and we all loved the scones - with one exception. She chose to add off-the-shelf butterscotch chips since we don't have cinnamon chips and we all agreed that they would be MUCH better without the nasty artificial flavor the chips imparted. In fact, they would have been downright great. So my suggestion would be, if you don't have the cinnamon chips or don't want to use them, just skip the whole chip thing. The scones don't lack without them. The other lesson for my kid was to choose your apples carefully. I gave her the choice of Red Delicious or Jonagolds, the types I had in the house. She opted Red Delicious, definitely not what I would have chosen. So today we learned that some apples are better for eating, others are better for baking. I could tell her all I wanted, but finding out for yourself is the best lesson. The scones are still pretty good, though. A teaching moment, eh? Experience is the best teacher, for sure. Glad they're still pretty good! PJH

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