The Easy Secret to Making Perfect Strawberry Scones

Making Easy Strawberry Scones

Fresh scones, especially warm strawberry scones, remind me of London. And since it’s almost time for Wimbledon, what’s better than a strawberry scone while watching tennis? Wimbledon starts July 3rd!

I’m joining a few friends today with summer berry recipes. Links to everyone’s posts will be a the bottom.

Over the years, I’ve made a variety of scones with different levels of success. Sometimes they worked perfectly, and other times, they were dry – until I discovered the secret ingredient to the best scones. There are few recipes where a seemingly ordinary ingredient has the power to create extraordinary results. Who would guess that grated, frozen butter is the fail-proof trick that turns good scones into perfect scones?

I learned this secret ingredient from Sally’s Baking Addiction and have been using it ever since. Sally’s Baking Addiction freezes the butter and grates it in a food processor or box grater. I added my twist, and I froze the butter again after grating. Then, when adding butter and rolling out the dough, you don’t want the butter to incorporate into the dough fully. Leaving little pockets of butter provides for a much moister and flakier crust.

The Perfect Sunday Morning Treat

I like to have freshly baked scones when we have overnight guests or people stopping by for coffee on the weekend. For starters, they make the house smell wonderful. And they’re also easy to eat while chatting, standing, or sitting and catching up. Almost everyone likes scones.

Flakey Scones with Fresh Strawberries

Add a Vanilla Glaze

Homemade Scones with Fresh Strawberries and a Glaze

One of my summertime favorites is scones with fresh strawberries. Here’s how I make them:

Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Briefly blend in the frozen butter using an electric mixer set at the lowest speed and fitted with the paddle attachment. Quickly combine the cold ingredients (eggs and heavy cream), add them to the butter and flour mixture, and blend until combined. 

Or, you can mix by hand. Using frozen shredded butter makes it so easy for the dough to come together quickly. So if you don’t want to get out the mixer, no problem! Just mix the dry ingredients together and then the wet ingredients. Adding the strawberries last, so they stay in shape.

Remove the dough to a well-floured surface. Flour your hands and shape the dough into a disk that’s about 8″ in diameter or the size of a salad plate. Cover in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least an hour or overnight is fine too!

Cut the dough into four quarters with a sharp knife or pastry cutter. Then cut each quarter in half. This makes 8 average size scones. You could cut the disk in half and then each half into thirds for slightly larger scones.

Place the triangles on a prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper and brush the tops with heavy cream. Sprinkle the tops with coarse sugar, pop them in the oven, and bake until a nice golden brown. 

​Remove the scones from the oven and cool the scones on a wire rack. Spread the glaze while on the wire rack. Allow to cool a little first.

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