Lemon Cream Cheese Scones Food

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.

LEMON-CREAM CHEESE SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Mix flour, 1/4 cup sugar, the lemon peel, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture looks like fine crumbs.
• Mix cream cheese and egg in small bowl until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Stir cream cheese mixture into flour mixture until dough leaves side of bowl and forms a ball.
• Drop dough by 8 spoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Brush with lemon juice. Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Serve warm.

LEMON CREAM CHEESE SCONES

Steps:

• Prehaet the oven to 400*F.
• Mix the flour, 1/4 cup sugar, lemon zest, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until crumbly.
• Mix the cream cheese and egg in a bowl until smooth. Add the milk gradually, stirring constantly. Stir into the flour mixture until the mixture forms a ball and leaves the side of the bowl.
• Drop by spoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto an ungreased baking sheet. Brush with lemon juice and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Remove immediately from the baking sheet and serve warm.

BLUEBERRY CREAM CHEESE SCONES WITH YOGURT GLAZE

Steps:

• For the scones: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• Add the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt and lemon zest to a food processor and pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until it's mostly pea-sized; a few larger chunks are okay. Dump the mixture into a large bowl and gently toss in the blueberries.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, yogurt, vanilla and almond extract. Pour into the dry ingredients and, using a rubber spatula, mix until about 80 percent of the dry mixture is incorporated. Dollop teaspoon-sized plops of cream cheese all over the mixture, then gently fold the mixture just until the remaining dry ingredients are incorporated. (You want the cream cheese to generally stay intact but it will of course swirl a little.) Using an ice cream scoop or large spoon, divide the dough into 8 balls and place them on the lined baking sheets about 2 inches apart (they will spread quite a bit). Bake until the tops are lightly browned and the bottoms are golden, 16 to 20 minutes.
• For the glaze: Meanwhile, whisk together the powdered sugar, yogurt and salt in a bowl.
• Let the scones cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool for 5 more minutes. While they're still a little warm, brush with the glaze, then sprinkle with the sanding sugar, if using. These are best enjoyed the day of.

DANIELA'S LEMON CREAM SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in the butter until it resembles small sized peas. Whisk eggs and heavy cream together. Add to mix. Add zest. Knead lightly until just incorporated. Roll out on a lightly floured table. Cut and place on parchment covered sheet pan. Bake 10 to 15 minutes, until puffed and golden.

LEMON SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 °F.
• Place all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, or in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
• Cut butter into dry ingredients until it resembles coarse meal.
• Stir together ¾ cup cream and vanilla and add to dough.
• Mix just until dough comes together.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Roll dough twice to an inch thick, each time folding in half (this is the secret to a flaky scone).
• Roll dough to ¾-1 inch thick and cut desired shapes.
• Place on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet and brush with remaining cream.
• Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until tops are nicely browned.

CREAM CHEESE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Measure dry ingredients into food processor and pulse until well combined. Cut butter and cream cheese into small chunks and distribute throughout processor bowl.
• Hit pulse about 10 times for 1-2 seconds each pulse until course crumbs develop.
• Pour milk and vanilla through feed tube in a slow stream while pulsing until cohesive but crumbly dough forms.
• Turn dough onto floured surface and gently squeeze it into a ball. Flatten and gently shape into an 8 by 8 inch square. Cut into 16 even squares.
• Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake 15-18 minutes until lightly browned.

LEMON CREAM SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt; stir in raisins and lemon peel.
• With a fork, stir in cream and enough water until dough comes together into a rough ball.
• On a lightly floured surface, knead dough 5 to 6 times. Place on a greased cookie sheet and pat into an 8-inch circle.
• With a sharp knife, cut halfway through the dough to mark into 12 wedges. Bake 20 to 30 minutes, until golden brown; remove to wire rack to cool.
• Cut into wedges while still warm, or cool completely before cutting.
• Serve warm or at room temperature with lemon curd.

APRICOT CREAM CHEESE SCONES

Steps:

• In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in the cream cheese and butter, using your fingers, a pastry blender, fork, or a mixer, until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal, then stir in the apricots. In a separate bowl whisk together the egg, vanilla and milk.
• Combine the liquid and dry ingredients and stir until the dough becomes cohesive. Don't mix and mix and mix; the more you work with the dough, the tougher it'll get.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface, and fold it over several times, until it holds together. Pat the dough into a 3/4-inch thick rectangle.
• Cut scones with a round cutter, gathering the scraps and re-rolling the dough. Or simply cut the dough into squares or diamonds. Brush the tops lightly with milk and sprinkle with sparkling white or pearl sugar.
• Place scones about 2 inches apart on an ungreased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake them in a preheated 425°F oven for 8 minutes. Turn the oven off, leave the door closed, and continue to bake for 8 more minutes, until the scones are a light, golden brown. Serve hot, with clotted cream and jam or raspberry curd.