Sunday, October 17, 2010

Lemon and Vanilla Scones

One of the things I have missed as a vegan are scones.  Typical scones consist of a lot of butter, so I thought there was no way to veganize them.  But tonight, I decided to give it a go!

What I ended up with are yummy scones with vanilla frosting.  They are good, but I think without the frosting they would be a little dry.  I also would probably use a little less sugar in the frosting next time.  In any case, they turned out way better than I expected!

Lemon and Vanilla Scones


Ingredients:

1 Cup of Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
1 Cup of Almond Flour
1/4 Cup of Earth Balance
3 Tbs of Baking Powder
1/2 Cup of Rice Milk
1/2 Cup of Applesauce
1 Tbs of Vanilla Extract
1 Tbs Agave Nectar
1 Tbs Lemon Juice

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Lightly grease two baking sheets.  In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients; flour, salt and baking powder.  Add in the vegan butter and mix really well (I let the vegan butter soften a little bit first).

Next add the wet ingredients; rice milk, vanilla extract, agave, applesauce and lemon juice.  Mix well, but be careful not to over mix.  Scones are best when they have a little texture to them.

Spoon them onto the cookie sheets, leaving a little room for them to expand so that they don't stick together.  Bake for 15-20 minutes until they brown on top.  Use a toothpick to make sure that they are cooked in the middle and let them cool.


While they are cooling, make the frosting.  In a food processor, combine 2 cups of sugar (the finer the better) and 1/2 cup of cornstarch.  If doing this again, I would probably only use 1.5 cups of sugar.  Blend for 1-2 minutes until they are mixed well.  Add 1/2 cup of Earth Balance and 1/2 cup of vanilla almond milk.  Then add 1 Tbs of vanilla extract and 1 Tbs of Tofutti cream cheese.  Blend again until smooth.

Once you are done with this process, transfer the scone to a platter and drizzle with the frosting while it is still liquidy.  Then refrigerate the scones for 1 hour to allow the frosting to harden.  You can store the extra frosting in an airtight container.

Voila!


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