Rosemary Lemon Cream Scones Recipes

LEMON ROSEMARY SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.Mix cream with egg, lemon zest and rosemary and allow to sit for 10 to 15 minutes to steep.Use a pastry cutter or two knives to cut the butter pieces into the flour. Keep going until mixture resembles crumbs. Mix wet mixture with flour mixture; stir gently with a fork until combined. Mix should be crumbly, but if it's too crumbly to work with, splash in a small amount of heavy cream.Turn dough onto a floured surface and lightly press it together until it forms a rough rectangle. Use a rolling pin to roll into a rectangle about 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch thick. Use your hands to help with the forming if necessary. Final rectangle should be about 18 inches by about 10 inches.Use a knife to trim into a symmetrical rectangle, then cut the rectangle into 12 symmetrical squares/rectangles. Next, cut each square/rectangle in half diagonally, to form smaller triangles.Transfer to a parchment or baking mat-lined cookie sheet and bake for 18 minutes, removing from the oven just before they start to turn golden. Allow to cool for 15 minutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.GLAZETo make the icing, add lemon zest, lemon juice and rosemary into milk; allow to sit for awhile. Mix powdered sugar with the milk, adding more powdered sugar or milk if necessary to get the consistency the right thickness. Stir or whisk until completely smooth.One at a time, carefully dunk each cooled scone in the glaze, turning it over if necessary. Transfer to parchment paper or the cooling rack. Allow the glaze to set completely, about an hour. Scones will keep several days if glazed.

ROSEMARY-LEMON CREAM SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Generously spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix Bisquick mix and 1/3 cup granulated sugar. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. In small bowl, mix egg, yogurt and 1/4 cup whipping cream. Stir into crumb mixture just until combined. Stir in lemon peel and rosemary.
• Place dough on cookie sheet; using greased hands, pat dough into 8-inch round. Brush dough with 1 tablespoon whipping cream; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon granulated sugar. Cut into 8 wedges with sharp knife dipped in additional Bisquick mix, but do not separate into wedges.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown. Carefully cut into wedges and immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix powdered sugar and lemon juice. Drizzle over scones. Serve warm.

LEMON CREAM SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In another bowl, whisk 3/4 cup cream, eggs and lemon extract until blended; stir into crumb mixture just until moistened., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 10 times. Pat dough into an 8-in. circle. Cut into eight wedges., Place wedges on a greased baking sheet. Mix cinnamon and remaining sugar. Brush tops with remaining cream; sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.