Glazed Lemon Cream Scones
Shockingly simple to make, these sublime Glazed Lemon Cream Scones taste delicious alongside coffee or tea.
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This recipe is from the Eats cookbook by The Old Farmer’s Almanac editors.
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Batter:
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Preheat the oven to 400°F. Get out a large baking sheet.
Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest in a large bowl and whisk to mix. Add the butter and, using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut it into the dry mixture to make very small pieces. Make a well.
Combine the yolk, cream, and vanilla in a small bowl and stir to blend. Pour into the well and stir until the dough pulls together. Set aside to rest for 3 to 4 minutes.
Lightly flour a work surface.
Scrape the dough onto the work surface and dust your hands and the dough with flour. Knead the dough gently 4 or 5 times. It will be soft but manageable. Shape the dough into a ball, then flatten it into a disk about 3⁄4-inch thick and 7 to 7-1⁄2 inches in diameter. Cut the disk into eight equal pie wedges. Place the wedges on the baking sheet, evenly spaced. Lightly brush the tops with cream.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, or until golden, and transfer to a cooling rack.
Lemon Glaze:
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Sift the confectioners’ sugar into a bowl. Add the corn syrup and 1 tablespoon of milk and stir with a wooden spoon, until smooth. Add the lemon extract and stir to blend. Add additional milk, ½ teaspoon at a time, and whisk until the glaze is runny but still thick.
When the scones are barely warm, place them on a sheet of wax paper or plastic wrap and drizzle them generously with the glaze. Garnish with lemon zest.
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Yummy Lemon Scones!
I made these scones and they are perfect! Not that sweet, so the glaze goes great with it. The batter was kinda dry, so I added a bit more cream. They turned out slightly crunchy on the outside and very soft and moist on the inside! Very good scones. This recipe is a keeper!
Lemon Scones
Thank you. I love scones, and these will be so good for the summer.