Ingredients
- Blueberry Scones:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- two tablespoons sugar
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, decline in chunks
- 1 cup fresh particularly
- 1 cup heavy cream, plus much more for brushing the scones
- Lemon Glaze:
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 lemon, zest finely grated
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 levels F.
Sift together the dry ingredients the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Using 2 forks or perhaps a pastry blender. decline in the butter to coat the pieces using the flour. The mix need to look like coarse crumbs. Fold the particularly in to the batter. Try not to mash or bruise the particularly as their strong color will bleed in to the dough. Create a well within the center and pour within the heavy cream. Fold everything together simply to incorporate don't overwork the dough.
Press the dough on a gently floured surface right into a rectangle about 12 by 3 by 1 1/4 inches. Cut the rectangle in 1/2 then cut the pieces in 1/2 again, providing you with 4 (3-inch) squares. Cut the squares in 1/2 on the diagonal to provide you with the classic triangular shape. Put the scones with an ungreased cookie sheet and brush the tops after some heavy cream. Bake for 15-20 minutes until beautiful and brown. Allow the scones awesome a little before you employ the glaze.
You may make the lemon glaze inside a double boiler, or a less complicated alternative, you are able to zap it within the microwave. Mix the fresh lemon juice using the confectioners' until dissolved inside a heatproof bowl on the pot of simmering water for that double-boiler method, or perhaps in a microwave-safe bowl. Whisk within the butter and lemon zest. Either nuke the glaze for thirty seconds or continue whisking within the double boiler. Whisk the glaze to lessen any protuberances, then drizzle the glaze over the top scones. Allow it to set one minute before serving.
Recipe thanks to Tyler Florence