Our Lemon Scones are the proper, straightforward home made deal with and prepared in simply half-hour! Freshly squeezed lemon juice and zest make for a vibrant and tangy, not-too-sweet scone. Whether or not you’re grabbing one in your approach out the door within the morning or bringing them to brunch, these moist and flaky scones are a no brainer.
For extra scrumptious scone recipes, attempt our Blueberry Scones or our Cranberry Orange Scones.
Why Our Recipe
- We use contemporary lemon juice and zest for a robust lemon taste that shines by means of the dough and glaze.
- Grated butter method simplifies the method, making it simpler to mix into the flour for completely flaky scones.
- From mixing bowl to oven in simply quarter-hour—and prepared in 30!
With step-by-step directions and our grated-butter technique, this course of is made fast and straightforward, providing you with moist and flaky scones each time. Utilizing a cheese grater or meals processor to chop the chilly butter into the flour is tremendous handy, saving you money and time as a result of we all know not everybody has a pastry cutter available.
Ingredient Notes
- All-Goal Flour: All-purpose goes to be your go to. Can even use bread flour, however it would change the feel ever-so barely.
- Sugar: Can scale back by half in the event you would favor a much less candy scone.
- Chilly Butter: Can use a cheese grater (small facet), meals processor, or pastry cutter. Place in freezer for quarter-hour earlier than grating to assist it grate into little items.
- Heavy Cream: Provides richness to the dough, and when brushed on high, helps the scones brown.
- Lemon Juice: Recent is greatest! You need the lemon taste to shine by means of within the dough and glaze.
- Lemon Zest: Freshly grated lemon zest is a should for vibrant, tangy taste. Keep away from the white pith, as it may be bitter.
- Powdered Sugar: For a thicker glaze, add 1-2 tablespoons at a time till you attain your required consistency.
Glaze and Garnish
Drizzle with our home made, lemon glaze. This glaze actually brings out the intense, lemon taste within the scone and appears fairly, too. We use a tablespoon of milk, however you possibly can depart it out for a extra skinny and tangy glaze.
Sprinkle contemporary lemon zest on high for the final touch.
Grating Butter vs. Pastry Cutter
Utilizing a cheese grater so as to add butter to your scone dough is a nifty little trick that may make the method less complicated and infrequently simpler than utilizing a pastry cutter. Grating the chilly butter produces small, uniform items that blend evenly and rapidly into the flour, which is essential to reaching the proper flaky texture.
This technique could be a actual time-saver and is very useful in the event you don’t have a pastry cutter. Actually, we like this technique even higher than utilizing a pastry cutter as a result of it distributes the butter into the flour completely for simply the correct consistency and flakiness.
Make-Forward Choice
This dough freezes properly to be made afterward. Make the dough and minimize it into wedges, after which wrap it in parchment paper and seal it in a freezer bag. To make, thaw the dough and bake as directed.
Storage and Reheating Directions
Retailer leftover, baked scones in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 1 week.
To freeze, wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Take into account wrapping in an extra layer of aluminum foil to forestall freezer burn for longer storage. Seize-and-go when able to eat and let thaw at room temperature which can take about 2 to three hours.
Reheat particular person scones within the microwave on excessive in 10-second increments. Do not forget that baked items heat rapidly within the microwave.