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Strawberry Scones

Strawberry Scones with a Sweet Lemon Glaze

These buttery and sweet scones are good starting point for a brunch, breakfast, or just feeling fancy.  Flaky and delicious, packed with fresh, sweet strawberries, they're perfect fresh from the oven and buttered, or with this sweetly tart lemon glaze drizzled over them.

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine British
Keyword glaze, lemon, scone, strawberry
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings 12 scones
Calories 130 kcal

Ingredients

For the scones

  • 2 cups flour
  • 4 tsps baking powder
  • 2 tsps sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 tbsps butter cold or frozen, cubed or grated
  • 2 eggs
  • 1⁄3 cup milk cold
  • 1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped strawberries

For the glaze

  • 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Scones

  1. Preheat your oven to 425°F.

    In a medium bowl, sift or whisk together your flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder.  Cut in your cold butter using your preferred method until the mixture has a rough, almost cornmeal-like texture; you could

    Option 1:  rub the chilled butter into the dry ingredients using your hands

    Option 2:  mix butter and dry ingredients together using a pastry cutter

    Option 3:  mix butter and dry ingredients in a food processor, then return to your medium bowl for the next steps

  2. In a small bowl, beat together your milk and the two eggs, then mix in the vanilla extract.  Add your wet ingredients and strawberries to the dry and combine, stirring together until the mixture has absorbed all of the liquid.  Give the dough some gentle kneading until it's smooth, then pour out onto a sheet of parchment paper.

  3. Divide the dough into two balls, then roll each ball to about ¾" thickness and shape into roughly 6" rounds.  Cut each round into six pie-shaped wedges, then transfer the parchment paper to a baking sheet.  Bake until golden brown, about 22-25 miutes.

Sweet Lemon Glaze

  1. In a small bowl or cup, mix together the powdered sugar and the vanilla extract.  Slowly add the lemon juice, mixing until you get a wet but "firm" glaze that won't get absorbed by the scones.  Drizzle over scones.

Recipe Notes

The calorie count listed doesn't include the glaze, since I don't know how crazy you're going to be when you drizzle it.