Rustic Lemon Poppy Seed Scones Food

LEMON POPPY SEED SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
• Position rack in top third of oven.
• Mix flour, 1 cup sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder, lemon peel and salt in food processor.
• Add butter and cut in, using on/off turns, until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Whisk egg, and lemon juice in medium bowl to blend.
• Add flour mixture.
• Using on/off turns, process until moist clumps form.
• Add 1/3 cup milk.
• Using on/off turns, process just until dough comes together, adding more milk if dough seems dry.
• Using floured hands, gather dough into ball.
• Flatten to 8" round.
• Cut round into 8 wedges.
• Transfer scones to large baking sheet; brush with milk.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1 tbs sugar.
• Bake until scones are golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• Transfer to rack and cool.
• (Can be made one day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature).

LEMON POPPY SEED SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place self-rising flour in a large bowl. Cut in butter using a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add poppy seeds, sugar, and lemon zest; mix to combine. Make a well in the center and pour in egg, lemon juice, and milk. Mix with a fork until dough starts to come together. Scoop up with one hand until a shaggy dough forms.
• Pour dough out onto your work surface. Use your hands and a bench scraper to gather and press dough into a neat rectangle about 1- to 1-1/2-inches tall. Cut into 4 squares and then diagonally into 8 triangles. Space scones evenly onto a silicone-lined baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bottoms are golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Mash strawberries finely to resemble a puree. Whisk in powdered sugar in batches to make a thick, spreadable glaze. Spread glaze over the cooled scones. Let scones cool on the rack until glaze hardens, about 20 minutes.

STUFFED LEMON-POPPY SEED SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425˚ F. Heat the milk in a small saucepan or warm in the microwave until steaming. Remove from the heat and stir in the poppy seeds. Let stand until cooled, about 20 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice to thicken and sour the milk.
• Whisk the cake flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, tea and salt in a medium bowl; work in the cold butter and lemon zest with your fingers until the mixture looks like coarse meal. Make a well in the center, then add the egg and milk-poppy seed mixture. Stir together until combined and a soft dough forms, gently kneading the dough in the bowl once stirring becomes difficult.
• Divide the dough in half and gently pat each portion into a 6- to 7-inch disk (1/4 to 1/2 inch thick), lightly dusting the dough and your fingers with flour if the dough is too sticky. Transfer one disk of dough to a baking sheet and spread the lemon curd on top, leaving a 1-inch border around the edge. Place the remaining disk of dough on top of the curd and pinch the edges together to seal. Brush the top with milk and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Score the dough into 8 wedges, cutting about halfway into the top layer of dough but not into the filling.
• Bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 5 to 10 minutes on the baking sheet. Slide off the baking sheet and onto the rack; let cool at least 45 more minutes. Cut into wedges along the scored lines.

LEMON POPPY SEED SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Grease cookie sheet.
• Mix flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and poppy seed in a large bowl.
• Cut in butter until mixture is fine crumbs.
• Mix lemon juice and milk, stir into flour mixture until dough forms a ball.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface, gently roll in flour to coat.
• Knead lightly 10 times.
• Roll or pat into a 9in circle. Sprinkle with sugar.
• Cut into 8 wedges.
• Place on cookie sheet.
• Bake 12-15 mins or until golden brown.
• Immediately remove from cookie sheet.

RUSTIC LEMON POPPY SEED SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
• Cut in margarine until the mixture is crumbly (consistency will be coarse).
• Stir in poppy seeds and lemon zest.
• Make a well in the center of the ingredients.
• Beat egg in a small bowl until frothy; stir in the milk.
• Pour egg mixture into the well you made in the flour mixture, and stir with a fork to form a soft dough.
• Do not overmix.
• Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead 8-10 times; divide dough into 6 equal portions, and form into slightly flattened balls.
• Place balls 1-2" apart on a greased baking sheet.
• Brush the tops with milk and sprinkle with some confectioners sugar.
• Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes, or until well risen and both tops and bottoms are slightly browned.
• Serve with butter, clotted cream, jam, or marmalade, if you desire.

POPPY SEED SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 tablespoon sugar into a large bowl. Stir in poppy seeds and lemon zest.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together egg, butter, and buttermilk.
• Pour liquid into dry ingredients, and combine with a few swift strokes. Turnout dough onto a lightly floured board and knead once or twice. Pat out to 3/4 inch thick; cut into rounds using a 3-inch cutter. Reroll scraps and cut again until used up.
• Place scones a few inches apart on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve warm.

LEMON-POPPY SEED SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Position rack in top third of oven. Mix flour, 1 cup sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder, lemon peel, and salt in processor. Add butter and cut in, using on/off turns, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Whisk egg and lemon juice in medium bowl to blend. Add to flour mixture. Using on/off turns, process until moist clumps form. Add 1/3 cup milk. Using on/off turns, process just until dough comes together, adding more milk if dough seems dry. Using floured hands, gather dough into ball. Flatten into 8-inch round. Cut round into 8 wedges. Transfer scones to large baking sheet; brush with milk. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake until scones are golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.)

GLUTEN-FREE LEMON POPPY SEED SCONES

Steps:

• Soak poppy seeds in milk and store in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
• Preheat the oven to 375ºF/180ºC degrees.
• In a food processor, mix flours, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Add small chunks of chilled butter and mix.
• Beat an egg in a small bowl and add a half of the egg as well as the milk with poppy seeds, lemon zest and lemon juice.
• Mix until the dough comes together in a big lump.
• On a flat surface dusted with extra flour, gather the dough into one ball. Divide the ball into two or three depending on how small you want your scones (I divided into two).
• Flatten the dough into round disks (about 3/4 inch (2 cm) thick). Cut into 6 - 8 wedges.
• Add a tiny amount of water to the remaining egg and brush the egg wash on top of the scones.
• Bake for about 15 - 20 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack. Infuse love and serve (with lemon curd/jam and/or whipped cream if you wish)!

POPPY SEED LEMON SCONES

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan or top of a double boiler, beat eggs and sugar. Stir in butter, lemon juice and zest. Cook and stir over low heat or simmering water for 15 minutes or until mixture reaches 160° and is thickened. Cover and refrigerate until chilled (may be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 week). , For scones, combine the flour, sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Combine milk and lemon juice; stir into crumb mixture just until blended (dough will be soft). , Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead gently six times. Shape into a ball. Pat dough into an 8-in. circle; cut into eight wedges. Separate wedges and place 1 in. apart on a greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with additional sugar. , Bake at 425° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pan to wire rack. Serve warm with the lemon curd.

ALMOND POPPY SEED SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Combine dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Cut the butter with a pastry cutter to make a coarse meal. In a small measuring pitcher combine the sour cream, whole egg, egg yolk, extract, and enough milk to make 3/4 cup total liquid ingredients.
• Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon until blended. Turn dough onto floured surface and knead slightly five or six times.
• For wedges: divide the dough into two equal sized balls. PAt each ball into 6 inch circles, slightly domed in shape. Cut into 8 wedges.
• OR.
• For rounds: roll dough out to 1/2 inch thick and cut into rounds with a floured biscuit cutter.
• Place wedges or rounds on an ungreased baking sheet, allowing an inch or more between each scone. Brush with egg white and decorate the tops with sliced almonds. Carefully brush a little more egg white on top to help hold the almonds in place.
• Bake 12 minutes or until golden brown.

PROCESSOR POPPY SEED LEMON SCONES

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Grease a baking sheet.
• In the food processor mix the flour, 1 cup sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder, lemon zest and salt until combined (about 3-4 seconds).
• Add in the cold butter pieces, using on/off turns until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• In a bowl whisk together egg and lemon juice, then add to the flour mixture, using on/off turns process until moist clumps form.
• Add in 1/3 cup cream or milk, then process with on/off turns until the mixture comes togther, adding in a little more cream or milk if the mixture seems dry.
• With floured hands gather dough into a ball, then flatten into about an 8-inch round disc.
• Cut into 8 even wedges, then transfer the wedges to prepared baking sheet.
• Brush each scone with half and half cream, then sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the scones are baked.
• Transfer to a rack to cool.