Place heavy cream in a small saucepan on the stove over a medium-low heat. When cream just starts simmering, remove from heat.
Add lavender. Cover and steep for about 30 minutes.
Strain out the lavender (and any potential milk skin) and pour cream into an airtight container, you should have about ⅔ cup left. Place in the refrigerator for 1-24 hours.
Scone Instructions
Preheat the oven to 425° F, prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly flour.
In a large bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. You can use your stand mixer with a paddle attachment on a low speed. Or by hand with a wooden spoon.
Cut in the butter. Mix until the mixture is a little chunky, not smooth.
Add in loose lavender and lemon zest. Mix until incorporated.
In a medium sized bowl pour in ½ cup + 1 tablespoon of the infused heavy cream, lemon juice, and egg, whisk until smooth.
Add egg and cream mixture into the flour mixture. Mix until a dough until it just comes together, you don't want to over mix.
Roll dough out on a floured surface about ¾"- 1" thick.
Use a round biscuit cutter to cut out 8-10 circles. Or you can roll the dough into a circle and cut your dough into triangles as you would a pizza with a pizza cutter to make 8 scones.
Place scones on a prepared sheet separated 1-2 inches. Brush the scones with a little heavy cream. And sprinkle a little of the course sugar on top of each.
Bake for about 17-20 minutes or until slightly golden. Let cool on the pan for about 5 minutes.
Place scones on a cooling rack and let cool. Serve by themselves, with butter, or try a simple icing to top.
Notes
-Cutting butter: You can dice butter into small pieces or use a cheese grater to make this easier.
- Stand mixer: You can use your stand mixer with a paddle attachment, but it should never go above a speed 4 or a low-speed. You don't want to overwork scones.
- Zesting: I definitely recommend having something like a zester or a small holed cheese grater - yes, I use a cheese grater for mine. Being as this is what I do daily, I should maybe have a zester, but it's not a priority currently.
- Cutting: This is completely up to you on shape. If you do the 8 triangles method, your baking time may be a few more minutes than if you make 10 circles. Just keep your eyes on the oven.