Lemon Lavender Scones

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, well-sifted
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lavender sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons lemon curd
• 2/3 cup 1% low-fat milk
• 1 egg
• coarse lavender sugar, for sprinkling

Recipe

• 1 first things first, make sure you are using matured lavender sugar if using homemade!
• 2 sift the flour, baking powder,salt, and lavender sugar together in a mixing bowl.
• 3 add the butter and lemon curd, mix until crumbly.
• 4 with an electric beater on low, blend the milk into the mixture. it should be a pretty thick dough.
• 5 put some flour on your hands and knead the dough.
• 6 preheat the oven to 450f, and grease a cookie sheet. lightly dust it with flour.
• 7 break off hunks of dough about the size of your palm (or maybe a little smaller), and flatten them a little, spacing them out on the baking sheet at least 2-3 inches apart.
• 8 you can also roll the dough out if you like to use specialty biscuit/cookie cutters.
• 9 make a wash out of an egg , and brush some on to the scone tops and sprinkle with some coarse sugar (namely more lavender sugar.).
• 10 bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown on top. let cool and serve with a nice honey-butter or other flavored butter, jam, or lavender cream.