This flaky and slightly sweet baked good is perfect as a breakfast bread, or even as a mid-day snack.
Scones
Scones with Grand Marnier-Citrus Glaze
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb Bread Flour
- 1 1/2 lb Cake Flour
- 6 oz Sugar
- 0.5 oz Salt
- 3 oz Baking Powder
- 1 lb 3oz Butter
- 7 oz Eggs
- 1lb 5oz Milk
- 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
- 3-4 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 tbsp Grand Marnier
- 1 tbsp Lemon Zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, and grease baking sheet (or line with parchment paper)
- Measure out all ingredients
- Sift the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder into a large mixing bowl
- Using a knife, slice the cold butter into 1/2 inch cubes
- Scatter the cubed butter across the dry ingredients. Using a fork, pastry blender or your hands, *cut * the butter into dry ingredients. Continue until the mixture looks like cornmeal.
- Combine the butter, eggs, and milk. Mix well.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix until the ingredients are combined and forms a soft dough.
- Lightly knead the dough.
- Flatten dough to 1/2 inch thick.
- Using a cookie cutter, cut into squares.
- Place on greased sheet pans.
- Egg wash tops.
- Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes.
- While scones are baking, zest 1 medium size lemon
- Whisk powdered sugar, lemon juice and Grand Marnier until smooth to create your glaze. Your consistency should be thick, but pourable. If glaze is too runny, add more powdered sugar a tsp at a time until you reach your desired consistency.If glaze is too thick, add more lemon juice a 0.5 tsp at a time until you reach your desired consistency.
- Whisk lemon zest into glaze.
