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 very best scones, that had been very fashionable with the shoppers, and we might at all times make completely different flavors.  I discovered make them from a girl that labored there earlier than me, after which got here up with a veganized model to promote there as nicely.  Sadly the shop is not open, however I nonetheless like to make my very own veganized model of the scones at dwelling!  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’re going to prove nicely so long as you’re cautious the way you combine up the dough.  You at all times wish to begin with the dry components, combine them collectively nicely, then combine within the fats together with your fingers, leaving good sized chunks of it to create flakey pockets in your scones.  I exploit 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 might use vegan butter as an alternative in case you are 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 blended however nonetheless fairly clumpy.  You need the coconut milk to be chilled, as a result of it is necessary the dough would not get too heat or issues will combine an excessive amount of.  You do not need a clean dough for these or they are going to be very dense which isn’t the purpose right here.  I additionally added in vanilla and lemon with the coconut milk in these.

Subsequent, you wish to simply fold within the strawberries in order that they’re evenly distributed earlier than you form them.  You wish to pat the dough right into a spherical, not dealing with it an excessive amount of, then reduce it into wedges and place them on a parchment lined tray.  I then drizzle them with somewhat extra coconut milk and sprinkle them with a little bit of sugar to create a pleasant crunchy outdoors.  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 contemporary baked scone that’s means higher than those one can find in most espresso retailers, give these Vegan Strawberry Lemon Scones a attempt!

Vegan Strawberry Lemon Scones

Makes 8

Components:

• 3 cups natural complete wheat pastry flour* or natural all function flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup stable virgin coconut oil, reduce 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 clean 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 reduce 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 a couple of occasions, 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 large log. Use a bench scraper to chop into 8 triangles.
6. Place scones on the ready baking sheet, reshaping barely if essential.
7. Brush the tops evenly 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 have to 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 evenly browned and cooked all through.
9. Cool on a wire rack.
10. Get pleasure from!

*If you happen to choose to make these gluten free, you’ll be able to swap the entire wheat pastry flour for an all function baking flour like Bob’s Crimson Mill Gluten Free All Objective Baking flour (I’ve tried this model with success).