Lemon Scones

Today I made some delicious lemon scones. (If I do say so myself.)

I Googled "scones" and I found this recipe on one of the first websites that came up. I will give you the recipe with the slight changes I made.

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 cup white sugar (next time I think I'll put in less )

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/3 cup cold unsalted butter cut into pieces (I used salted 'cause that's what we had)

1 egg lightly beaten

1 tsp vanilla extract (we happened to only have 1/8 of a tsp, if even that much. So that is all I put in)

1/2 cup whipping cream or milk. ( I made butter milk because I read that butter milk makes more of a biscuit like scone, which is what I wanted. Just add 1-1/2 tsp of white vinegar to the milk.)

1 lemon, zested (I made this part up. I wanted to have something in there that would cover up the lack of vanilla extract.)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and place the rack in the middle of the oven. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut the butter into small pieces and blend into the flour mixture with a pasty
blender or two knives. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs. In a small measuring cup combine the whipping cream, beaten egg and vanilla. Add this mixture to the flour mixture. Stir just until combined. Do not over mix.
Knead dough gently on a lightly floured surface. Roll or pat the dough into a circle that is about 7 inches (18 cm) round. I then cut mine into triangles but they can be cut however you prefer.

Bake for about 15 - 18 minutes or until nicely browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a scone comes out clean. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Scones are best served when they are hot. You can eat them plain or with butter or a favorite jam. There is also a note at the bottom of the web page saying that these scones freeze well.

Here is the link to the website that I got the original recipe from: http://www.joyofbaking.com/index.html

Type "scones" in the search box and all kinds of different scone recipes will pop up. This recipe was the Cream Scone recipe. I hope to be trying different scone recipes in the near future.

Posted by: Carissa