Lemon Cream Scones
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 500 ml all-purpose flour
- 15 ml baking powder
- 5 ml baking soda
- 2 ml salt
- 75 ml sugar
- 40 40 ml butter (very cold and solid) or 40 ml margarine (very cold and solid)
- 1 egg (which is 50 mL)
- 125 buttermilk
- 1⁄2 lemon, juice and rind of (use a whole lemon for more flavor)
directions
- Preheat oven to 205 degrees Celsius.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
- Cut in shortening, butter or margarine to the dry ingredients.
- Beat the egg in a liquid measuring cup.
- Add buttermilk until it reaches 175 mL measuring line.
- Grate the rind of lemon(small grater), and juice it. Add it to the liquid ingredients.
- Add the liquid ingredients gradually to dry ingredients, tossing with a fork for approximately 30 seconds each time, till a dough is formed(there will probably be leftover liquid).
- knead 8-10 times.
- Roll or pat into a circle 1.5 cm thick.
- OPTIONS:.
- Brush the top with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
- Cut into 6 triangles.
- Bake on a cookie sheet.
- OR.
- Use a round cookie cutter.
- Bake on a cookie sheet.
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