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Home » Breakfast » Strawberry Scones

Strawberry Scones

Created: April 20, 2014 Updated: May 2, 2022 by Lyuba Brooke 19 Comments

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These Strawberry Key Lime Scones are perfect for spring and summer baking. They are soft in the middle, crunchy on the outside, and full of fresh strawberry and citrus flavor.

Strawberry Key Lime Scones on butcher paper with strawberry and limes

You probably noticed how much I LOVE key lime recipes. I patiently wait every year for the key limes to arrive at the supermarket. This year I waited for too long. It has been a pretty bad year for key lime crops in Mexico, so key limes have been in short supply and much more expensive. I probably ran to the store every other day, for three weeks trying to get some. I finally got some and made these delicious scones.

I originally planned on making a cake roll (and I still plan to) but after gathering all my ingredients, they suddenly called for scones. You know that you supposed to listen to your ingredients and they will tell you what they want to be. NO, not literally…that would be crazy. I don’t hear ingredients talk to me and if you do, well you should probably get that checked. (Hehe.)

These strawberries and key limes were right! They were perfect as scones…

Strawberry Key Lime Scones on butcher paper with strawberry and limes

Strawberry Key Lime Scones

These Strawberry Key Lime Scones are perfect, they are soft in the middle, crunchy on the outside and full of strawberry and citrus flavor!
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Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Snack
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 8 8-10 scones
Calories: 412kcal
Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter chopped
  • 2/3 cup white granulated sugar
  • 2 cold eggs
  • 1/2 cup low fat buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 cup diced strawberries
  • 2 key limes - Zest
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg white for brushing
  • Sugar for sprinkling preferable vanilla sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Grease it lightly.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer.
  • Dice strawberries and set aside. Zest key limes and set aside.
  • Chop cold butter into small slices and add to dry ingredients. Mix dry ingredients and butter until it looks like coarse crumbs.
  • In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, vanilla, sugar and buttermilk together. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture while mixing on low speed.
  • Add diced strawberries and key lime zest. Still on low speed, mix until just combined.
  • Take dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough a few times (10-15 seconds), until smooth.
  • Pat the dough into a circle that is about 1 1/2 inches thick in the center but thinner on the outer edge. Cut the circle like a pie, into 8 pieces.
  • Transfer the slices of dough onto a baking sheet.
  • Whisk egg white and water and brush the scones with the egg-wash.
  • Sprinkle with sugar.
  • Bake for about 18-22 minutes. Break one scone to make sure that it's done but still nice and soft in the middle.

Nutrition

Calories: 412kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 156mg | Potassium: 318mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 433IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 111mg | Iron: 3mg
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above photo of Strawberry Key Lime Scones on butcher paper with strawberry and limes

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ABOUT LYUBA

I’m Lyuba Brooke, mother of 2, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind willcookforsmiles.com. I share many classic and original recipes, cooking tips, and tutorials. My passion is sharing delicious meals for everyone to try. Read more...

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Comments

  1. Jaren (Diary of a Recipe Collector) says

    April 24, 2014 at 12:47 pm

    Oh my! These look heavenly! Pinning to my breakfast board!

    Reply
  2. Kathi Riemer says

    April 24, 2014 at 11:39 am

    I love little key limes. I’m going to pin this. Thank you for sharing!
    Kathi

    Reply
  3. Trish - Mom On Timeout says

    April 23, 2014 at 10:33 pm

    These scones are heavenly Lyuba as is this roundup – YUM! Thanks so much for including me 🙂 Pinned!

    Reply
  4. Laura O|Petite Allergy Treats says

    April 23, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    Lyuba,

    I am going to dream about those scones tonight! Beautiful!

    Reply
  5. Chris @ Shared Appetite says

    April 23, 2014 at 6:37 am

    Isn’t the whole lime thing this year absolutely crazy?!! We don’t get key limes up here in NY in the normal grocery stores, but just your run-of-the-mill limes are like almost $1 each at this point! Nuts!

    These scones look amazing! Just like the ones my wife and I love to get in the city. Plump, moist, and bursting with flavor!

    Reply
  6. Kate @ Diethood says

    April 22, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    Key Lime HEAVEN!! I love the scones!!

    Reply
    • lyuba says

      April 22, 2014 at 8:28 pm

      Thank you so much, Katerina!

      Reply
  7. Rach @ EazyPeazyMealz says

    April 22, 2014 at 1:49 am

    What a fun list! I love lime. yum, yum, yum. And those scones. This is why I follow you. You never cease to impress.

    Reply
    • lyuba says

      April 22, 2014 at 8:27 pm

      Thank you so much, Rach!! You make my blush 🙂

      Reply
  8. Anne says

    April 21, 2014 at 11:59 am

    Hmmm…I’m getting a fever for some key lime desserts myself! I usually think of scones as a breakfast food, but these just sound too tasty to leave for only the morning! I found your post through the Monday Funday link party.

    Reply
    • lyuba says

      April 22, 2014 at 8:26 pm

      Snack all day long 😉 Thank you, Anne!

      Reply
  9. karen says

    April 21, 2014 at 10:58 am

    I share your love for key lime anything! Thank you for your collection of key lime recipes. I will begin today with your scone recipe….yummy

    Reply
    • lyuba says

      April 22, 2014 at 8:25 pm

      Thank you so much, Karen! Hope you enjoy everything!

      Reply
  10. Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says

    April 21, 2014 at 7:19 am

    I love the taste of lime. In fact we had a huge lemon and lime tree that we raised from a little 12 inch plant. Anyway we have to bring our plants in for the winter — our trees didn’t make it this year. We would have fresh lemons and limes at the end of summer. It was great!! I haven’t tried scones — I’ll have to try my hand at it. Your recipe looks great.

    Reply
    • lyuba says

      April 22, 2014 at 8:24 pm

      I hope you do try it, Marisa! Thank you!

      Reply
  11. Kayla says

    April 20, 2014 at 6:33 pm

    The link to the 50 key lime recipes isn’t working.

    Reply
    • lyuba says

      April 20, 2014 at 7:37 pm

      Thank you, Kayla! I believe it’s fixed now. That code could be so finicky 🙂

      Reply

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