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Everything about White Chocolate Scones is just amazing! The scones, fresh out of the oven, are warm and buttery, iced with a sunny lemon glaze! Inside you'll find the creamy, tantalizing chunks of white chocolate and sweet, vibrant strawberries. A simple yet amazing breakfast treat or the perfect accompaniment to afternoon tea, White Chocolate Scones are a marvel for your mouth!
Everything about White Chocolate Scones is just amazing! The scones, fresh out of the oven, are warm and buttery, iced with a sunny lemon glaze! Inside you'll find the creamy, tantalizing chunks of white chocolate and sweet, vibrant strawberries. A simple yet amazing breakfast treat or the perfect accompaniment to afternoon tea, White Chocolate Scones are a marvel for your mouth!
Ingredients
For the scones:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter cold, grated
- 1 cup strawberries chopped
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips can substitute a bar cut into chunks
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
For the glaze:
- 1/4 cup lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 1 cup powdered sugar sifted
- 1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
Directions
- In a bowl, add the flour, the baking powder, the salt, and the sugar and gently whisk to combine.
- Add 5 tablespoons of the grated butter to the dry ingredients mixture and toss until combined and the butter is evenly distributed.
- Add the strawberries and the white chocolate chips to the dry ingredients mixture and fold to combine.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients.
- Add the heavy cream to the well and fold it into the dry ingredients mixture until just incorporated into a dough. Be careful not to overwork the dough.
- Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes and up to 4 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Form the dough into 12 medium-sized mounds.
- Arrange the dough mounds on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the dough mounds until they become just barely golden-brown on top, about 16-20 minutes.
- In a small bowl, add the lemon juice, the powdered sugar, and the remaining melted butter and whisk to combine into a glaze.
- Allow the scones to cool.
- Drizzle the scones with the glaze and allow it to set.
- Serve.
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