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I love scones year ’round, but spring is really a perfect time to have some baked and ready to serve with berries. For Mother’s Day we had some for dinner dessert as a shortcake, with local strawberries and Strauss Dairy (also local) whipped cream…heavenly! We ate it up quickly – no photos.<\/p>\n

To go with tea in the afternoon, it doesn’t get much better than a warm scone with some home made lemon curd (recipe HERE<\/a>) and some more of those delicious, juicy strawberries as shown in the photos.<\/p>\n

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Scones are easy to make as long as you remember that the less handling the better, especially once the butter in blended into the flour mix. I tend to make a well, add the liquid, then stir gently with a fork. Once you turn it all out onto a lightly floured board or work surface, you’ll be able to see if you need a bit more buttermilk once you’ve gently pushed the dough together. I just pour a few dribbles of buttermilk over the places that seem to have a lot of undampened flour bits. Gently knead there just to dampen those bits and push them into the dough mass. Knead, again gently, only two or three turns and you should have a cohesive dough to divide and shape into two rough circles.<\/p>\n

The only other tip is to watch them carefully and to remove them from the oven once they are just golden brown. That way you will have moist and tender scones, full of buttery flavor and ready to pair with any spring fruit you desire…or just some fruit curd or jam.<\/p>\n

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Simple Scones
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Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease two cookie sheets.<\/p>\n

\u00bd cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 \u00bd teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
\u00bd teaspoon baking soda
\u00be cup unsalted butter, at room temperature (no substitutions)
1 cup buttermilk<\/p>\n

Glaze: 2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 tablespoons sugar (I used white sanding sugar)<\/p>\n

In a small bowl use your fingers to rub together the sugar and lemon peel until fragrant.
Combine flour, lemon-sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. With pastry blender or two knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Pour buttermilk over crumb mixture. Stir together with fork just until mixture comes together. Gather dough gently into a ball; knead 4 or 5 times. Cut dough in half and transfer pieces to prepared cookie sheets. Shape each piece into two 6 inch x 1\/4 inch thick circles, 2 inches apart. Using floured knife, cut each circle into 8 wedges.<\/p>\n

For glaze, brush tops with cream and sprinkle with sanding sugar.<\/p>\n

Bake 20 \u2013 25 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature.<\/p>\n

Makes 16 scones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If you are going to freeze these to re-heat later, bake them just short of golden brown and re-heat, thawed, for 5 minutes at 425 degrees F.<\/p>\n

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