Lavender Earl Grey Tea Infused Scones

Lavender Earl Grey Tea Infused Scones!

Scones are the key to any good breakfast, brunch, tea party, dessert...really scones are just the best. And if you are thinking about how much you hate scones since they are always so hard and dry... you've simply been eating the wrong scones. That's all there is to it. This recipe is a perfect blend of harder shell, soft chewy inside...don't believe me? Try it!

Original photos and recipes I made with Julia from My Lavender Blues. She trekked over to my kitchen for the morning and we worked on creating 3 different flavors of scones using one base recipe (the sugar is the only difference in the base.) You will find one of my scone recipes here (lavender earl grey tea) and the savory recipe in these photos you're going to have to head over to My Lavender Blues!

Makes 8 scones per recipe

Ingredients for Infused Butter

• 8 tablespoon unsalted butter cut into small cubes
• 8 teaspoon loose earl grey lavender tea

Ingredients for Lavender Earl Grey Tea Infused Scones

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• ½ cup sugar
• 6 tablespoon of tea infused butter, cold
• 2 teaspoon loose tea
• ½ cup + 2 tablespoon heavy cream
• 1 egg
• egg or milk wash

Ingredients for icing

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• Extra cream or milk
• Extra loose tea for decorating (optional)

How to make infused butter

1. Place butter in a pan on the stove over medium-low heat. Don't let the butter brown, but liquefy.
2. Add tea leaves and let steep for 5 minutes on low heat.
3. Remove from heat and let sit for another 5 minutes.
4. Using a fine strainer/ sieve push the butter through into a bowl. Push hard on the tea leaves to get as much butter as possible. You want 6 tablespoon in the end.
5. Let butter return to room temp and solidify. Place in the refrigerator until hardened again.

How to make Lavender Earl Grey Tea Infused Scones

1. Preheat oven to 425° F, prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly flour one.
2. In large bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
3. Cut in the butter (use cheese grater to make this easier), the mixture needs to be a little chunky, not smooth. Add in loose tea. Mix.
4. Pour in the heavy cream and egg, then mix with hands until a dough forms. Roll dough out on a floured surface and form a circle about 1" thick.
5. Cut your dough into triangles as you would a pizza with a pizza cutter (or use cookie cutter to make shapes). Brush the scones with a little heavy cream.
6. Place scones on sheet separated 1-2 inches. Bake for roughly 20 minutes or until slightly golden.
7. While the scones are in the oven prepare your icing. Place your powdered sugar in a bowl and slowly add one teaspoon of cream at a time. Mix consistently until your glaze forms.
8. Remove scones and let cool. Pour icing

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Lavender Earl Grey Tea Infused Scones

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 25 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 scones

Author: Amanda Wilens

Ingredients

Infused butter

• ▢ 8 tablespoon unsalted butter cut into small cubes
• ▢ 8 teaspoon earl grey lavender tea leaves

Scone

• ▢ 2 cups flour
• ▢ 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon sea salt
• ▢ ½ cup sugar
• ▢ 6 tablespoon tea infused butter cold
• ▢ 2 teaspoon loose tea
• ▢ ½ cup heavy cream + 2 tablespoon
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ egg or milk wash
• ▢ Icing
• ▢ 1 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ Extra loose tea for decorating optional

Instructions

Infused butter:

• Place butter in a pan on the stove over medium-low heat. Don't let the butter brown, but liquefy.
• Add tea leaves and let steep for 5 minutes on low heat.
• Remove from heat and let sit for another 5 minutes.
• Using a fine strainer/ sieve push the butter through into a bowl. Push hard on the tea leaves to get as much butter as possible. You want 6 tablespoon in the end.
• Let butter return to room temp and solidify. Place in the refrigerator until hardened again.

Scones:

• Preheat oven to 425° F, prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly flour one.
• In large bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• Cut in the butter (use cheese grater to make this easier), the mixture needs to be a little chunky, not smooth. Add in loose tea. Mix.
• Pour in the heavy cream and egg, then mix with hands until a dough forms. Roll dough out on a floured surface and form a circle about 1" thick.
• Cut your dough into triangles as you would a pizza with a pizza cutter (or use cookie cutter to make shapes). Brush the scones with a little heavy cream.
• Place scones on sheet separated 1-2 inches. Bake for roughly 20 minutes or until slightly golden.
• While the scones are in the oven prepare your icing. Place your powdered sugar in a bowl and slowly add one teaspoon of cream at a time. Mix consistently until your glaze forms.
• Remove scones and let cool. Pour icing on top.
• Enjoy!

Notes

- Butter: Should be super cold. You can cut this up with a knife or the easiest way is to use a cheese grater.

- Flavors: if these aren't your flavor choices, check out other scone recipes on my site by typing in "scone" in the search bar.

- American scones: these are American, not English scones, so more crumbly than biscuity.

- Shapes: You can slice these with a pizza cutter into triangles or a cookie cutter for circles or other shapes, just be careful of the bake time.

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