Valentine's Day Baking.. Lemon Scones

This morning I got up and made pancakes for us (I'll post the recipe for that another time), and after that I made David his "present", which was lemon scones.  Really I just wanted a reason to zest a lemon.  ;)

He is a fan of scones though, but I figured it might be easier than tiramisu (which is one of his favorites).  I Googled of course, and found a recipe that sounded perfect.  I already had all the stuff I needed!  

 

 

Lemon Scones

3 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½  cup sugar
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
1 cup buttermilk
zest of one lemon

Egg wash:

1 egg whisked with a tablespoon of water

Preheat oven to 400

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  In a separate bowl, zest the lemon over the sugar.  Using a fork, grind the zest into the sugar firmly.  

Add the sugar to the flour mixture.  Cut the butter cubes into the flour mixture until a crumbly meal is formed.  Once all of the butter is incorporated into the flour, pour in the buttermilk and with a fork, stir it in until a dense dough is formed.  Roll out dough not unlike you would a pie crust until about 1/2" to 3/4" thick and place 2" apart on the pan (these do spread a bit).  Brush each scone with the egg wash and bake them for ~20 minutes, or until they are golden brown.

I also made a "glaze" with 1/4 cup of lemon juice and 1.5 cups of sugar on the stove.  It's tasty, but too sticky much like honey.  I'll go with a different glaze next time or just leave it off.