Lemon Scones

Name: Lemon Scones
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons baking powder; Zest of 2 lemons, finely diced; ¾ cup currants; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; ½ cup heavy cream; 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon cold water, for egg wash; 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon cold water, for egg wash

Preparation info

Makes about
24
scones

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Lemons (A Country Garden Cookbook)

By Christopher Idone

Published 1995

About

At teatime, serve these lemon-scented scones with curd or lemon marmalade and a little clotted cream if you are a traditionalist.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tab

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Sift the flour, sugar, and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Add the zest. Cut the butter into bits and rub it into the flour by hand or with an electric mixer. Combine the eggs and cream and mix into the flour mixture. Fold in the currants. Do