Ahh, a young, golden baked scone, recent out of the oven! It’s the right accompaniment for a comforting breakfast, espresso or tea break, and even dessert. And lemon scones are even higher, due to the intense, recent style of lemons shining via. This vegan scones recipe is very easy, plus it’s a bit lighter and more healthy than your common scone. Decrease in sugar and utilizing about half entire wheat flour, these Vegan Lemon Scones with Currants are mighty scrumptious! The lemon flavors come by means of the recent lemon zest and juice within the scone dough, in addition to lemon zest and juice within the glaze, which is non-obligatory. You may serve these scones with or with out the glaze, it’s as much as you!
I like to make use of lemons from my very own bushes for this recipe, nevertheless lemons can be found in lots of shops yr spherical.
These vegan scones additionally embrace small dried currants, for a beautiful crunchy texture and style. You’ll find dried currants at well-stocked retailers and on-line. However you can too substitute raisins or dried blueberries for the dried currants when you can’t discover them. This recipe makes six massive scones, however you can too make smaller mini-scones, too! And if you’re aiming for a gluten-free scones recipe, simply swap the wheat flour with a gluten-free flour mix of your selection!
These tender golden vegan Lemon Scones with Currants are yummy and as simple as could be, but they’re a bit lighter and more healthy than your common scone.
Combine flax seeds and water in a small dish and put aside.
With an electrical mixer, mix entire wheat and all function flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt (if utilizing) in a medium mixing bowl.
Add items of vegan butter and blend with an electrical mixer till the dough is crumbly.
Add plant-based milk, lemon juice, lemon zest, flax-water combination, and currants, and blend simply till effectively mixed and types a dough.
Take away dough from the bowl and place on a floured floor. Utilizing floured palms, kind the dough right into a ball, then pat right into a spherical form about 7-inches in diameter and 1 ¾-inches thick. Slice into eight equal wedges. (If you wish to make mini-scones, slice into 16 wedges.)
Switch wedges onto a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
Bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes till barely golden brown and tender.
Whereas scones are baking, make lemon glaze if desired. Combine lemon juice, lemon zest and powdered sugar in a small dish to make a glaze.
When scones are cooled, drizzle every with glaze.
Serve instantly. Makes 6 scones.
Notes
To make this recipe gluten-free, use gluten-free flour mix as a substitute of the wheat flours.
