breakfast 30 Mar 2010 12:00 am
Lemonade Drop Scones
I needed to use up some lemonade and some lemons, can you tell I love lemon?? So I threw this together on the fly. The fragrant aroma when these are baking makes me salivate. They are just perfect right out of the oven.
Why are these called drop scones? Because when I mixed up this dough it was a little tackier than I thought so instead of cutting it, as you would a normal scone, I ‘dropped’ them like cookies. The round-ish shape was rather nice.
ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup (1 stick) butter
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup milk
½ cup lemonade
Zest of one lemon
Pinch of salt
Crystallized sugar
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prep a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, and baking powder. Using your fingers or a pastry cutter, cut in the butter. Get it all together so it’s nice and crumbly.
Add the egg, milk and lemonade until combined, then mix in the zest.
As I said, this batter is a little on the wet side, which is why you are going to scoop them rather than cut them.
Using two large spoons, scoop out and drop the batter onto the prepped cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes until nice and brown.
They are PERFECT warm, try and eat them right away! Great with some butter and whipped cream!
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on 30 Mar 2010 at 8:42 am 1.jami said …
I made macaroons that look remarkably like this. My kids ate the chocolate-dipped bottom, but H said, “I don’t like the rest of this scone.” Ha!
These look fun and yummy!
on 30 Mar 2010 at 4:07 pm 2.Katherine Morgan said …
Those look amazing! Have you ever tried pulsing the dough in a food processor? I’m wondering if it will make the dough too tough.
on 30 Mar 2010 at 6:19 pm 3.justJENN said …
@Katherine
I’d say that a food processor would mix it too much, then again I’m totally-Amish in that I do everything by hand.
on 03 Apr 2010 at 9:29 pm 4.Leah said …
I made these tonight and served them warm with lemon curd, blueberries and whipped cream. YUM! What a great and easy recipe. Thanks for sharing
on 24 Jun 2010 at 4:14 pm 5.sc fsbo listings said …
The absolute best Honey Lemonade Recipe: 1/2 gallon warm water, 1/2 cup honey, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice. Just mix it all with your hands (their warmth will disolve the honey and sugar) and pour mixture into a gallon container filled 3/4 with ice. You can use orange blossom honey to get an awesome citrus flavor.