Professional Baker Teaches You How To Make CITRUS SCONES!

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

currants

🥗Healthier: raisins

💰Cheaper: dried cranberries

Raisins are more widely available and less expensive

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option while margarine is often cheaper

orange zest

🥗Healthier: lemon zest

💰Cheaper: clementine zest

Lemon zest offers a similar citrus flavor while clementines are often less expensive

Sift together 3 cups of all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 4 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a big bowl.

Add 2 teaspoons of orange zest to the dry ingredients.

Cut in 3/4 cup of cold unsalted butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, then use fingers to flatten the butter pieces.

Make a well in the center and add 3/4 cup of milk, 1 egg, and 1 egg yolk (reserve the egg white for brushing).

Stir until no liquid is running off the flour, but the dough is not completely combined.

Add 1/2 cup of currants and fold into the dough until it comes together, still craggy and rough on the edges.

Flatten the dough by hand and use a 2 1/2 inch cutter to cut out scones.

Brush the tops of the scones with the reserved egg white for shine.

Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top of the scones.

Preheat the oven to 375°F and bake for about 18 minutes.

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