Recipe For Lemon Curd Scones

Slice the cold butter into 8 pieces and cut into flour mixture until pea sized.

Recipe for lemon curd scones. In a 2 quart saucepan combine lemon juice lemon zest sugar eggs and butter. Whisk and cook until the lemon curd glaze thickens about 15 20 minutes. Add this to the flour mixture and gently mix in.

Stir in the sugar and lemon zest from 1 lemon in a separate bowl beat the egg and stir in 3 tbsp of the buttermilk. For the lemon curd. Extra cream for brushing optional lemon glaze recipe follows.

In a saucepan whisk together the sugar and the egg until smooth. In a large bowl stir together the flour sugar baking powder and salt. Stir in the melted butter fresh lemon juice and lemon zest and cook on low medium heat whisking often.

Drizzle glaze over warm scones. Stir in the currants and lemon zest. Add the final 1 tbsp of buttermilk and bring the mixture togther with your hands.

1 2 cup lemon curd 2 cups all purpose flour 1 4 cup sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 4 teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons cold butter cut into small cubes. Knead gently six times. In a medium bowl combine flour sugar baking powder baking soda and salt.

Lemon curd is a scrumptious spread for scones biscuits or other baked goods. Allow scones to cool for 15 minutes. You can find it in larger grocery stores alongside the jams and jellies or with the baking supplies but we like making this lemon curd recipe from scratch.