Best Lemon Pecan Scones Recipes

VEGAN LEMON-ORANGE PECAN-ALMOND HEMP-CHIA GINGER-CARDAMOM SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat convection oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Stir orange juice and lemon juice together in a small bowl; add enough water, if necessary, to equal 7 tablespoons liquid.
• Stir juice mixture, coconut milk, orange zest, lemon zest, chia seeds, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; set aside until chia seeds gel, about 10 minutes.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, ginger, cardamom, and salt in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until just-combined. Add cold coconut oil pieces and process until mixture resembles wet sand. Pour chia mixture into flour mixture; pulse until dough begins to come together.
• Transfer dough to a bowl and add pecans, almonds, and hemp; knead with your hands until nuts and seeds are evenly distributed. Divide dough into 2 pieces, and flatten each piece into a 1-inch thick disc. Cut each disc into 8 wedges, and places wedges on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when pressed, 30 to 35 minutes.

PECAN, LEMON, GINGER, HEMP, AND CHIA SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Zest lemons. Juice lemons into a measuring cup, adding water as needed, until 7 tablespoons liquid is reached. Combine lemon zest, lemon juice, coconut milk, chia seeds, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; set aside to thicken, about 10 minutes.
• Dice chilled coconut oil on a work surface. Combine flour, sugar, cream of tartar, baking soda, ground ginger, and salt together in the bowl of a food processor; pulse to combine. Add coconut oil and pulse just until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add coconut milk mixture and pulse just until dough begins to clump and form a ball.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface; gently knead in pecans and hemp seeds to distribute. Separate dough into 2 equal portions; pat or roll each into a 1-inch thick round. Cut into 8 wedge-shaped pieces and place onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 25 to 30 minutes.

LEMON PECAN SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Add the lemon zest and pecans.
• In a measuring cut,stir together heavy cream and lemon extract.
• Stir into dry ingredients until dough holds together in a rough mass.
• Do not overmix.
• The dough will be sticky.
• Lightly flour a board and transfer the dough to it.
• Knead the dough 8 or 9 times.
• Pat into two circles about 6 inches round.
• Brush melted butter over the top and side of the circle of dough and sprinkle the sugar on top.
• Cut each circle into 6 wedges and place pieces on an ungreased baking sheet, allowing about an inch between pieces.
• Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.