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Lemon-Cream Cheese Scones

Perfect for afternoon breaks with tea! The rich cream cheese taste of these light, flaky scones is perfectly balanced with a refreshing hint of lemon.

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Prep Time 15 min
Total Time 33 min
Servings 8

Ingredients

2 1/4: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/4: cup sugar

1: tablespoon grated lemon peel

2: teaspoons baking powder

1/4: teaspoon salt

1/3: cup butter or margarine (firm)

1: package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened

1: egg

1/3: cup milk

: Lemon juice

: Sugar

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 400ºF. Mix flour, 1/4 cup sugar, the lemon peel, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture looks like fine crumbs.
2 Mix cream cheese and egg in small bowl until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Stir cream cheese mixture into flour mixture until dough leaves side of bowl and forms a ball.
3 Drop dough by 8 spoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Brush with lemon juice. Sprinkle with sugar.
4 Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Serve warm.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Sprinkle coarse decorating sugar over unbaked scones, or drizzle baked scones with melted white baking chips.

Jazz up these classic lemon scones by stirring dried cranberries, cherries or blueberries into the dough.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 275
Calories from Fat: 115 ),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 13 g; 13 %
(Saturated Fat 7 g, 7 % ),
Cholesterol: 60 mg; 60 %;
Sodium: 290 mg; 290 %;
Total Carbohydrate: 35 g; 35 %
(Dietary Fiber 1 g 1 % ),
Protein: 6 g; 6 %

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 10%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 10%;
Iron: 10%;

Exchanges:

2 Starch; 3 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 9/28/2011 11:32:34 AM REPORT ABUSE Krissecugal said:

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These were very tasty but had next to no lemon flavor. I even mixed lemon juice into it and still couldn't taste it. Next time I'll go overboard with the lemon and maybe it'll taste like lemon. Overall they were really good just no lemon flavor.

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Posted 12/7/2008 6:40:56 PM REPORT ABUSE ande2713 said:

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These ended up being very tasty and flaky. I used a little more lemon zest because the earlier comments said it wasn't very strong. I also made a milk/lemon juice/powdered sugar glaze for the top which makes them sweeter. I also split mine up into 12 scones instead of 8.

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Posted 9/6/2008 12:02:26 AM REPORT ABUSE AndzMinx said:

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These scones were very good and I loved the fact that no heavy cream or half and half were required! The scones weren't very lemony though, next time I will mix lemon juice into the dough instead of just brushing it on top. I would also separate the dough into 12 scones instead of just 8 for a better size for me.

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