I am on an absolute matcha kick right now. So much so that I just bought myself an ice cream maker for green tea ice cream (stay tuned). These were the perfect Sunday morning treat.
Step 1: Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in large bowl. Use sieve to add matcha. Grate frozen butter and add to dry ingredients. Mix with fork or pastry cutter.
Step 2: In a separate bowl, combine cream, egg and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and mix.
Step 3: Pour dough onto counter and form into disc. Use pastry cutter to cut into 8 equal pieces.
Step 4: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place scones onto baking sheet 2 inches apart. Place in fridge for 15-20 minutes.
Step 5: Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden.
Step 6: Move to cooling rack and make icing while scones cool.
Step 7: Use mixer to mix cream cheese, powder sugar and matcha. Add cream 1 tbsp at a time until you reach a thick but runny consistency.
Step 8: Use fork to drizzle icing across cooled scones.
Makes 8 large scones
Ingredients:
Scones
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 and 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 and 1/2 tbsp matcha
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
Icing
2 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup powder sugar
1 tsp matcha
1/4 cup cream (or milk)
Directions:
Step 1: Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in large bowl. Use sieve to add matcha. Grate frozen butter and add to dry ingredients. Mix with fork or pastry cutter.
Step 2: In a separate bowl, combine cream, egg and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and mix.
Step 3: Pour dough onto counter and form into disc. Use pastry cutter to cut into 8 equal pieces.
Step 4: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place scones onto baking sheet 2 inches apart. Place in fridge for 15-20 minutes.
Step 5: Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden.
Step 6: Move to cooling rack and make icing while scones cool.
Step 7: Use mixer to mix cream cheese, powder sugar and matcha. Add cream 1 tbsp at a time until you reach a thick but runny consistency.
Step 8: Use fork to drizzle icing across cooled scones.
NOTES:
These would be tasty if you wanted to add dried cranberries or chopped nuts.
Some people brush cream on top of their scones but I don't find that necessary since I drizzle delicious icing on top.
I used heavy cream but it would also be good with half and half.
If you want to make smaller scones, you can divide dough into 2 discs and cut into 12-16 wedges.
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