scuffin

English

Etymology

Blend of scone +‎ muffin.

Noun

scuffin (plural scuffins)

1. A food resembling both a scone and a muffin.
   • 2015 February 11, Sun Sentinel, volume 55, number 292, page 1:

     But it wasn’t until he invented the cronut — a croissant/doughnut hybrid — after striking out on his own, that he ascended to star status. Time magazine called it one of the best inventions of 2013, and it birthed several other hybrid pastries including the bruffin (brioche/muffin), the duffin (doughnut/muffin) and the scuffin (scone/muffin).

   • 2017, Valerie Bertinelli, Valerie’s Home Cooking, Oxmoor House:

     These scuffins—part scone, part muffin—are so beyond delicious, rich, and decadent they could easily be dessert.

   • 2019 September 25, “Scone, muffin, scuffin”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 138th year, number 237, page 3:

     Pairing nicely with beverages featuring freshly pulled shots are various hearty meal-worthy items and an assortment of pastries, including scuffins, a scone-muffin hybrid — baked in-house under the direction of Tracey Seta, who co-owns the shop with husband Stephen Seta.