Old Fashioned Lemon Cream Scones
From pat2me 17 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 8
A simple tea bread with a thin crust and fluffy, cream interior. The cream is the key to the texture. This basic recipe is a springboard for many variations. When adding fruit to scones, gently sandwich the fruit between two layers of dough and pinch the edges together. Read more This will keep the fruit from being squashed and bleeding heavily into the dough. From the "Best Quick Breads" See less
Ingredients
- 2 cups unbleached flour shopping list
- 2 Tbl sugar shopping list
- 1 Tbl baking powder shopping list
- grated zest of 2 lemons shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- 4 Tbl (1/2 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces shopping list
- 2 large eggs shopping list
- 1/2 cup heavy cream shopping list
- Topping, if desired shopping list
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon mixed with 2 Tbl sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 400
- Grease a baking sheet or line it with parchment or a silicone sheet
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, lemon zest and salt.
- Cut in butter with a pastry blender or a heavy duty mixer until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs
- In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and cream
- Add to dry mixture and stir until a sticky dough is formed
- Turn this shaggy looking dough out onto a lightly floured board
- Knead gently, just until dough holds together, about 6 times
- Divide into 3 equal portions and pat each into a 1" thick round that is about 6" in diameter
- With a knife or straightedge, cut each round into quarters, creating 4 wedges
- Place the scones about 1" apart on the prepared sheet
- sprinkle with topping if desired
- Bake in the center of the oven until crusty and golden, about 15 to 20 minutes
- Serve immediately with butter and jam or cool on a rack and freeze in heavy duty freezer bags for up to a month.
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
These are delicious sounding and will probably served to my sister for breakfast when she comes to visit me in 3 weeks! Thanks.
greekgirrrl
in Long Island loved it
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LEMON? Oh Pat your killing me! I'm trying to restrain myself from making the maple ones and now this?
grandmommy
in Nashville loved it
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Oh my! The word lemon made me look but then you had to say cream and scone! Good one! This would be awesome with the devonshire cream recipe I just rated!
grandmommy
in Nashville loved it
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