Fresh Cherry and Lemon Scones
There aren't enough recipes involving fresh cherries on my blog.
Maybe one of the reasons for this is because I am not usually really excited about standing over the counter for up to 30 minutes trying to pit all of these cherries! But whenever I see cherries for sale, I am a sucker and buy a huge bag. Every time.
And there is only so many cherries I can eat at one time! What am I supposed to do if not bake with them?
And since I haven't made scones in FOREVER, I decided that this would truly be the best use of my cherries.
And because I was not in the mood for something too complicated. I mean, Wednesdays. Am I right?
I actually made these scones last week, but never got around to posting them. Probably because I was too busy eating them for breakfast, lunch and as a nice snack.
And since I made this in the last week before I left for holiday, I was out of eggs, butter and milk. I can't believe I found a recipe to use up pretty much everything in my fridge without compromising the taste.
I think I am winning at my no-waste promise I made to myself earlier this year.
Fresh Cherry and Lemon Scones
Ingredients
- 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup fresh cherries, pitted and cut in half
- coarse sugar (for sprinkling on top)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450°F. Line a baking sheet with a silcone mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add in the lemon zest.
- Create a well in the centre, and pour the whipping cream and vanilla into it. Slowly mix it into the flour mixture until just combined.
- Fold in the cherries.
- Place the dough on a well floured surface. Cut the dough in two. Press each section of dough down to create circles. Cut these circles into 4. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Sprinkle the coarse sugar on top of the scones. Bake in the preheated oven for 13 minutes, or until golden brown.
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I love scones and fresh cherries. Sadly, it's the middle of February in Northern Ontario... but I'm pretty sure I could use frozen. Hope it works!
These sound great! I loove scones
I love cherries!! And with lemon?! YUM!
Scones look divine! Loved the Loved the lemon/cherry, sounds like an awesome combo!
Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen
I love the flavour! It's breakfast time here and I wish I could have a couple of them with my tea :-))
I love scones for breakfast!
Awh man! These looks delicious 😀 I love how you can just mix it all together without a single thought and ta-dah! Scones 😀 Pitting cherries though, been there done that... But I am sure it was worth the extra effort, they look so nice 🙂 I haven't made scones in the longest times... Gotta change this 🙂
I hope you have a great evening! x
Surprisingly, I never have enough fruits leftover at home to bake with, we always finish them too fast! Wish I can have some of those scones, look so lovely!
Yay for scones! I'm thinking these are the perfect combination of sweet and tart.
Love these scones Cathleen! Look absolutely delicious:))
Cherries and lemon are delicious together, but stuffed into a scone? Heck yes! Love these! And they contain no butter or eggs? Crazy and totally #Winning! ♡ Cheers, girl!
<3 Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary
Love the fresh fruit and the unique lemon/cherry combination!