Vegan Strawberry Lemon Scones | Aromatic Vanilla Cake

I used to work at a pure meals retailer that made all of their baked items from scratch.  They made the most effective scones, that had been highly regarded with the purchasers, and we’d all the time make completely different flavors.  I realized find out how to make them from a girl that labored there earlier than me, after which got here up with a veganized model to promote there as properly.  Sadly the shop is now not open, however I nonetheless like to make my very own veganized model of the scones at residence!  The opposite day I used to be pondering that some Vegan Strawberry Lemon Scones sounded wonderful so I made a batch! 

Scones are literally fairly easy to make, and they’ll prove properly so long as you’re cautious the way you combine up the dough.  You all the time need to begin with the dry components, combine them collectively properly, then combine within the fats together with your arms, leaving good sized chunks of it to create flakey pockets in your scones.  I take advantage of coconut oil in these as a result of it’s what we used to make use of there, because it was price efficient, however you may use vegan butter as an alternative if you’re not a fan of coconut oil.  After your dough is clumpy with the fats added, you combine within the full fats coconut milk till simply barely combined however nonetheless fairly clumpy.  You need the coconut milk to be chilled, as a result of it is crucial the dough does not get too heat or issues will combine an excessive amount of.  You do not need a easy dough for these or they are going to be very dense which isn’t the objective right here.  I additionally added in vanilla and lemon with the coconut milk in these.

Subsequent, you need to simply fold within the strawberries in order that they’re evenly distributed earlier than you form them.  You need to pat the dough right into a spherical, not dealing with it an excessive amount of, then lower it into wedges and place them on a parchment lined tray.  I then drizzle them with a bit of extra coconut milk and sprinkle them with a little bit of sugar to create a pleasant crunchy exterior.  These scent wonderful whereas baking!  So heavenly!

These scones are tremendous scrumptious!  These are wealthy and scrumptious, soften in your mouth with candy jammy berries baked into them all through, scented with fragrant lemon and vanilla!  They’re good with a cup of espresso or tea for a mid morning snack!  If you’re within the temper for a scrumptious recent baked scone that’s method higher than those one can find in most espresso retailers, give these Vegan Strawberry Lemon Scones a strive!

Vegan Strawberry Lemon Scones

Makes 8

Substances:

• 3 cups natural entire wheat pastry flour* or natural all goal flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup stable virgin coconut oil, lower into chunks (if your own home is above 65F levels, chill it first)
• 1 1/2 cups (or as wanted) chilly full fats natural canned coconut milk (whisked till easy if chunky)
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice plus 2 Tbsp lemon zest
• 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 tsp lemon extract
• 2 cups strawberries, quartered (or lower into eighths if massive)
• coconut milk for topping (if wanted)
• graulated sugar for sprinkling

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375F levels with the rack set on the center place.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
3. In a big bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Lower within the coconut oil with a pastry blender or 2 knives till the combination begins to clump into pea sized items. In a small bowl, stir the vanilla and lemon juice and zest and lemon extract into the coconut milk. Add the coconut milk to the dough, and stir just a few instances, however don’t over-mix. The dough ought to maintain collectively when squeezed, however nonetheless be clumpy.
4. Fold in peaches till evenly distributed.
5. Place dough on a floured work floor, and form right into a 4 inch huge log. Use a bench scraper to chop into 8 triangles.
6. Place scones on the ready baking sheet, reshaping barely if vital.
7. Brush the tops frivolously with the coconut milk (provided that they appear dry, you need the sugar to stay), and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
8. Place within the oven and bake for about 20 minutes , then after about 20 minutes you could must reshape with 2 bench scrapers if the scones are spreading. Flip them then place again within the oven and bake 10-Quarter-hour extra till they’re frivolously browned and cooked all through.
9. Cool on a wire rack.
10. Get pleasure from!

*In the event you want to make these gluten free, you possibly can swap the entire wheat pastry flour for an all goal baking flour like Bob’s Crimson Mill Gluten Free All Objective Baking flour (I’ve tried this model with success).