Soft Strawberry Scones
Soft Strawberry Scones made lighter! A perfect breakfast and a great way to use up fresh strawberries.
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh strawberries cut into small pieces 1 cup total cut up
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar; plus 1 tsp for topping
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup frozen butter (half a stick)
- 3/4 cups COLD light buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Measure out 1/4 cup of sugar and remove 1 tbsp.
- Toss cut up strawberries with the 1 tbsp of sugar and set aside.
- Add flour to a mixing bowl then using the larger holes of a cheese grater, grate the frozen butter into the flour. Then toss the flour and butter together.
- In a medium bowl, mix the buttermilk and vanilla together.
- Using a fork, gently stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until it is all moistened. Don't over work the dough!
- Fold in the cut up sugared strawberries.
- Line a cookie sheet with a silicone sheet or parchment paper.
- Drop 8 large spoonfuls of batter onto the cookie sheet. This is where you don't want to press or compact them down to have softer scones. Sprinkle lightly with one teaspoon sugar over all the scones.
- Bake in the center rack of your oven for 18 minutes. They will be light in color.
- Remove from oven and let cool for at least 5 minutes (if you can wait that long! Now is a good time to make a cup of coffee or tea OR a glaze) before eating.
- Optional: drizzle with a glaze made with powdered sugar and milk if desired. Let them sit and harden a few minutes longer.