Drizzle a sweet-tart glaze over tender lemon scones to add an extra punch of flavor.
Lemon-Currant Cream Scones
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 15
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup dried currants
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 1/3 cups whipping cream
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- Additional grated lemon peel, if desired
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
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Step2In large bowl, mix flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt with fork. Mix in currants and 1 teaspoon lemon peel. Add whipping cream all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
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Step3On floured surface, gently knead dough 6 or 7 times or until smooth. Pat dough 3/4 inch thick. Cut with 2-inch round cutter. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
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Step4Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir powdered sugar and enough lemon juice until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over scones. Top with additional lemon peel. Serve warm.
Nutrition
180
Calories
7g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
29g
Total Carbohydrate
15g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Scone
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 21%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 180mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 85mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 29g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 15g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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