My favorite memories are in the kitchen with the people I love and I have loved these people for quite a long time. They have seen me through awkward moments, through white eye liner, my Spice Girl obsession. They hated my ex-boyfriends, laughed when I fell, but went to war with the people who wronged me. There have been graduations, loss, career changes, births, and weddings. That’s what you get when you have spent a lifetime together. We were six years old when we first met.
I spent a day with my friends in Portland planning a baby shower for one of our dearest friends. So of course I took some time to bake up some earl grey scones. We took pictures, loved on the peanut buttered baby and finally, ate. The best moments of my life are spend in mundane moments on random whimsies with those girls.
These scones taste like they are complicated but they are simple warm comfort especially when slathered with butter and honey. Perfect for nibbling over conversations about decorations and flower arrangements. It was a real Anglo moment we had going.
I’ve also prepared these scones with ganache drizzled on top and it’s as good as it sounds weird. Sort of like a London Fog Cake. I know, I’m biased towards chocolate in general but there is something amazing about the combination of chocolate and earl grey that sets my heart on fire.
Give these scones a whirl. Perfect for making the weeks breakfast or a nice little brunch with friends. Because carbs carbs carbs!
Pinkies out!
Best served with life-long friends.
Ingredients
Earl Grey Scones
The best type of scones are filled with tea leaves already! This recipe for Earl Grey Scones is super simple and will please anyone who has a taste.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 27 minutes
- Yield: 16 servings 1x
Ingredients
3 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cups sugar
4 teaspoons earl grey
½ teaspoons baking soda
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup butter, chilled, grated
1 ¼ cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Mix flour, sugar, earl grey, baking soda, baking powder, salt in a medium bowl. Whisk vigorously.
Take butter out of the fridge and grate on a cheese grater and incorporate into the dry mixture. Form a crater in the dry ingredients and add the butter milk into it along with the vanilla. Mix with a wooden spoon until it becomes too tough and dump onto a floured surface.
Knead until it forms together. Roll out and fold the dough in half and roll again. Repeat this about four times. Finally roll out to a ½ inch thickness. Cut with a biscuit cutter and place on a baking sheet. Pat with butter milk and sprinkle with sugar. Bake in preheated oven for about 10 – 12 minutes.
Keywords: scones, earl grey, earl grey scones, buttermilk, simple, easy
These scones are so goddamn beautiful I HAVE to make them.
Be still my heart! When I see floral based desserts I can barely contain myself!!
I agree! I just feel so fancy. I’m excited for you to try them! Make sure you eat them pinkies out!
I love Earl Grey and I love Scones, literally the perfect combo!
Oh my gosh, aren’t they the BEST! I am so looking forward to Fall. The PERFECT time for anything Earl Grey!
Followed the recipe to a T. Slightly fragrant and had a good crumb (I was hoping to find a way to brew the tea to incorporate it into the batter for a more Earl Grey kick but the batter only calls for vanilla + buttermilk for the liquids). The only change I would make is in regards to amount of salt – preferably less (maybe half less!). These scones came out super salty (I used UN-salted butter and ended up doubling the amount of sugar I put on them: some on top after patting with buttermilk pre-bake and post-bake after they were done cooling – – So, I’m not sure why else they turned out as salty as they did). I 110% used a tsp measure while preparing so I know it wasn’t an operator error – ha 🙂 … Otherwise, thanks for a super easy and yummy recipe!!
Made these this morning and they are SO good! Made them exactly as the recipe called and they are great. Would like to figure out a way to use brewed Earl Grey tea in it but this is a good recipe otherwise!
I am so so glad you loved them, Karen! It’s seriously going on my list of things to re-make soon. It would be so nice to have brewed tea in there but the key with scones is to keep them low moisture other-wise they get gummy. And brewing it in buttermilk would just separate the fat in the buttermilk. Let me know if you ever find a way around this!
Karlee
I’m wondering about an overnight (Cold) steeping of the buttermilk and tea. Though I think it was great as is, I do wonder how to amp up the flavor a bit.
That might work! I’ve just told people to bloom the earl grey in a tablespoon of hot water for 5 minutes before using in the recipe. You might need to use slightly more flour when rolling out but it will definitely make the earl grey more powerful.
The perfect rainy day treat! Topped them with some local honey and they were incredible!
★★★★
This is a lovely scone. I took Karlee’s suggestion and bloomed the dry tea in a tbsp of hot water to boost the earl grey flavor. Really enjoyable. Hard to eat just one!