: a rich quick bread cut into usually triangular shapes and cooked on a griddle or baked on a sheet
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Or choose from a selection of breakfast pastries that includes croissants, donuts, scones, muffins, cinnamon rolls, and more.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
The club lounge is well worth the upgrade, with beef noodle soup and black sesame croissants at breakfast, hojicha scones with Taiwanese pink guava jam for afternoon tea, and an outdoor terrace that feels like an urban oasis.
—Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Best Paired With: Tea cakes or scones for an elevated tea party.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
This week, his scones were also unfinished, and his Colours of Murano hanging cake was far smaller and rougher around the edges than either Georgie’s or Christiaan’s.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
The club lounge is well worth the upgrade, with beef noodle soup and black sesame croissants at breakfast, hojicha scones with Taiwanese pink guava jam for afternoon tea, and an outdoor terrace that feels like an urban oasis.
—Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Best Paired With: Tea cakes or scones for an elevated tea party.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
This week, his scones were also unfinished, and his Colours of Murano hanging cake was far smaller and rougher around the edges than either Georgie’s or Christiaan’s.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Scone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scone. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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scone
noun
ˈskōn 
ˈskän
: a quick bread baked on a griddle or in an oven
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