These lemon and date scones are a wonderful sweet treat. Enjoy them for afternoon tea with a nice "cuppa".
The idea to make these lemon and date scones came from my recent visit to Wellington for the Wellington on a plate food and wine festival.
I was having a conversation with Sarah who admitted she had this fascination with date scones!
She has been experimenting and searching to find the best date scone recipe.
Not one to back away from this I said I would look through my bookmarked recipes and see what I had up my sleeve.
And here we are!
🥘 Ingredients
Here's what you'll need to prepare these lemon and date scones:
Dry Ingredients:
- 3 cups self raising flour
- 2 tbsp sugar, caster or superfine
- 1 cup dates, roughly chopped
- Grated rind of 1 lemon
Wet Ingredients:
- 150 ml milk
- 150 ml pouring cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Using lemon in this recipe adds a lovely citrus note to the final taste of the scones.
The recipe itself isn't too sweet and I think next time I might try it using some high quality medjool dates.
Overall these were delicious!
🔪 Instructions
- Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well
- Whisk the wet ingredients together and add to the dry and combine until the mixture comes together nicely-DO NOT OVERWORK!
- Press the dough out to about 2-3cms thick.
- Using an 8cm round cutter or the rim of a drinking glass cut scones from the dough and lay flat side up on a baking paper lined tray.
- Brush the tops with a little milk and place in a preheated 200 deg C fan forced oven
- Bake for 12-15 until golden brown and serve immediately with jam and cream.
I think the number one rule or "secret" with scones is to not to overwork the dough.
Mix until all the ingredients come together and that's it!
Do not be tempted to knead it like bread dough or you will end up with hockey pucks!
🥗 Side dishes
My lemon and date scones are best served straight out of the oven and topped with jam and fresh whipped cream and accompanied by a strong "cuppa" as we say here in Australia.
Speaking of jam you may wish to check out a few recipes I have on the site for homemade jam.
- Try my blackberry jam for something quick - it takes no time to whip up.
- Or for something a little unique try my banana jam - a real treat!
📖 Variations
If you'd like to try a savoury scone I can highly recommend my pumpkin, feta and chive scones. They're perfect for those cooler months.
PS In case anyone is curious, these pics were taken with an old Polaroid camera.
📋 Recipe
Lemon and Date Scones
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 3 cups self raising flour
- 2 tbsp sugar, caster or superfine
- 1 cup dates, roughly chopped
- Grated rind of 1 lemon
Wet Ingredients
- 150 ml milk
- 150 ml pouring cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well
- Whisk the wet ingredients together and add to the dry and combine until the mixture comes together nicely-DO NOT OVERWORK!
- Press the dough out to about 2-3cms thick.
- Using an 8cm round cutter or the rim of a drinking glass cut scones from the dough and lay flat side up on a baking paper lined tray.
- Brush the tops with a little milk and place in a preheated 200 deg C fan forced oven
- Bake for 12-15 until golden brown and serve immediately with jam and cream.
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