Lavender Lemon Scones
Cuisine: Breakfast
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Serves: 8 scones
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 8 tbsp. cold butter
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp. lemon zest
  • 2 tbsp. + 1½ tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1 cup. powder sugar
  • ¼ cup boiling water
  • 3 tbsp. fresh lavender, finely chopped or ground with mortar and pestle
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Place finely chopped or ground lavender in a small bowl and cover with boiling water. Steep for 20 minutes.
  3. In a medium bowl, place sugar and lemon zest. Rub zest into sugar using your fingers.
  4. To the same bowl, add flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and sugar. Whisk to combine.
  5. Using a cheese grater, grate butter. Add to dry ingredients and combine using your fingers or pastry cutter until mixture is the texture of wet sand.
  6. Strain lavender leaves from liquid. In a small bowl, whisk this liquid together with egg, 2 tbsp. lemon juice, and Greek yogurt.
  7. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  8. Using floured hands, pat dough into a circle about 1 inch in height. Using a sharp knife, cut circle into 8 triangles.
  9. Bake for 22-25 minutes until edges are golden brown.
  10. Cut triangles lines again with sharp knife and allow to cool.
  11. Combine 1½ tbsp. lemon juice with powdered sugar to make the glaze. Drizzle over scones and enjoy!
Recipe by For the Love of Gourmet at https://fortheloveofgourmet.com/lavender-lemon-scones/