Lemon Scones - The Preserve At Residence Chef

Our Lemon Scones are the correct, easy do-it-yourself cope with and ready in merely half-hour! Freshly squeezed lemon juice and zest make for a shiny and tangy, not-too-sweet scone. Whether or not or not you’re grabbing one in your means out the door throughout the morning or bringing them to brunch, these moist and flaky scones are a no brainer.

For additional delicious scone recipes, try our Blueberry Scones or our Cranberry Orange Scones.

Why Our Recipe

We use up to date lemon juice and zest for a sturdy lemon style that shines by way of the dough and glaze.
Grated butter methodology simplifies the strategy, making it easier to combine into the flour for utterly flaky scones.
From mixing bowl to oven in merely quarter-hour—and ready in 30!

With step-by-step instructions and our grated-butter methodology, this course of is made quick and easy, supplying you with moist and flaky scones every time. Using a cheese grater or meals processor to cut the chilly butter into the flour is great useful, saving you time and cash on account of everyone knows not everyone has a pastry cutter available.

Ingredient Notes

All-Goal Flour: All-purpose goes to be your go to. May additionally use bread flour, nonetheless it will change the texture ever-so barely.
Sugar: Can reduce by half for many who would favor a a lot much less sweet scone.
Chilly Butter: Can use a cheese grater (small side), meals processor, or pastry cutter. Place in freezer for quarter-hour sooner than grating to help it grate into little objects.
Heavy Cream: Offers richness to the dough, and when brushed on excessive, helps the scones brown.
Lemon Juice: Latest is best! You want the lemon style to shine by way of throughout the dough and glaze.
Lemon Zest: Freshly grated lemon zest is a ought to for shiny, tangy style. Avoid the white pith, as it might be bitter.
Powdered Sugar: For a thicker glaze, add 1-2 tablespoons at a time until you attain your required consistency.

Glaze and Garnish

Drizzle with our do-it-yourself, lemon glaze. This glaze truly brings out the extraordinary, lemon style throughout the scone and seems pretty, too. We use a tablespoon of milk, nonetheless you could go away it out for a additional skinny and tangy glaze.

Sprinkle up to date lemon zest on excessive for the crowning glory.

Grating Butter vs. Pastry Cutter

Using a cheese grater in order so as to add butter to your scone dough is a nifty little trick which will make the strategy simpler and typically easier than using a pastry cutter. Grating the chilly butter produces small, uniform objects that mix evenly and shortly into the flour, which is important to attaining the correct flaky texture.

This technique may very well be a precise time-saver and is especially helpful for many who don’t have a pastry cutter. Truly, we like this system even increased than using a pastry cutter on account of it distributes the butter into the flour utterly for merely the becoming consistency and flakiness.

Closeup of a Lemon Scone on a marble platter.

Make-Ahead Chance

This dough freezes correctly to be made shortly. Make the dough and scale back 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 Instructions

Retailer leftover, baked scones in an airtight container at room temperature for as a lot as 1 week.

To freeze, wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Take into consideration wrapping in an additional layer of aluminum foil to forestall freezer burn for longer storage. Seize-and-go when capable of eat and let thaw at room temperature which is ready to take about 2 to a few hours.

Reheat specific individual scones throughout the microwave on extreme in 10-second increments. Don’t forget that baked objects warmth shortly throughout the microwave.