Many people have asked for this recipe and so after hand-writing I-don't-know-how-many recipe cards and developing acute carpal tunnel, I decided to just post it and then anyone can find it, copy it, make it, bake it and eat it!
(Disclaimer: I am not a photographer, nor do I claim to be one. So some pictures are actually pretty good and some are in fact pretty horrible, however I try...)
The needed ingredients. 8. That's right..8...I like easy recipes.
Put flour, baking powder, brown sugar and butter into the food processor.
Pulse until mixture looks like this. (okay this picture is just plain embarrassing) I tried 27 pictures (no joke) to try to get the lighting right so you could see what it is supposed to look like and finally just carried the bowl outside into
natural-God-given-light.
Mix cream and the egg together. (that spoon is much too big for that measuring cup. Ha! I just noticed that)
Take your lemon zester and a yummy fresh lemon.
Zest the entire lemon. I always use a paper plate and I don't know why...
Mmmm...look at all that fresh lemon. Pour lemon zest into flour mixture (I forgot to take a picture of that....sorry)
Next take your handy dandy juice squeezer and squeeze a lemon.
Mmmm...fresh lemon juice.
Add lemon juice to egg/cream mixture with the giant spoon.
Pour into flour mixture and mix until dough just comes together.
Dump the dough onto floured surface (I strongly dislike beginning a sentence with the word "dump" It is such an ugly word....anyway, I digress)
Shape dough into a large circle (or two small circles if you want mini-scones)
Cut into 8 equal pieces.
Place in preheated oven. Bake at 15-18 minutes at
400 degrees.
Until they look like this...Mmmmm.
Meanwhile....melt 1/2 stick of butter in a saucepan.
Now you have a choice...you can add the super secret ingredient of brown sugar (which makes the glaze taste caramel-lemony) or be a purist and have just lemon glaze...its a win/win either way because they are both so good.
Squeeze another fresh lemon. Yummy!
Add the powdered sugar and lemon juice and whisk away.
Oh! heaven on a plate
Now...go for a run and burn off all those calories. I for one, am exhausted from all this typing, so I will eat one more and then take a nap. Here is the recipe:
Lemon Scones
2 cups of flour
2/3 cups brown sugar
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 Tablespoons lemon zest (approx. 1 lemon)
Place above ingredients into food processor and pulse until mixture resembles course mixture. Pour mixture into a large mixing bowl. Zest lemon and add to flour mixture. Set flour mixture aside.
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 egg
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
Mix cream, egg, and lemon juice until just mixed. Add to flour mixture and mix until dough just comes together.
Dump the dough onto floured surface and shape into a circle. Cut into 8 wedges. Place on un-greased cookie sheet and bake at 400 for 15-18 minutes.
Glaze
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup brown sugar (secret ingredient is optional)
1-1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/8 cup fresh lemon juice
Melt butter in saucepan. Add brown sugar and whisk until smooth. Remove from heat. Add powdered sugar and lemon juice and whisk until smooth. Drizzle over cooled scones.
