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Strawberry Cardamom Cream Scones

Tender, rich cream scones studded with juicy strawberries and warmed with fragrant cardamom under a crackly sugar top.

Strawberry Cardamom Cream Scones

Ingredients

  • 3 cups360 gAll-purpose flour
  • ½ cup85 gGranulated sugardivided: 70 g for the dough, 15 g for the tops
  • 1 tbsp14 gBaking powder
  • ¾ tsp4 gSalt
  • 1½ tsp3 gGround cardamom
  • 1 tbsp6 gLemon zest
  • ⅓ cup85 gUnsalted buttercold, cut into small cubes
  • 1 cup sliced180 gStrawberriesdiced small and patted dry
  • 1 cup (240 ml)250 gHeavy creamcold, divided: 230 g for the dough, 20 g for brushing
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract

Steps

  1. Dice the strawberries, pat them dry on paper towels, and chill them while you prepare the dough.
  2. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, the dough portion of the sugar (70 g), the baking powder, the salt, the cardamom and the lemon zest.
  4. Cut the cold butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter or your fingertips until it looks like coarse crumbs with some pea-size pieces.
  5. Gently toss the chilled strawberries into the flour-butter mixture so they are coated.
  6. In a small cup, stir the vanilla into the dough portion of the heavy cream (230 g), then pour it over the flour mixture and fold with a spatula just until a shaggy dough forms.
  7. Turn the dough onto a floured counter, divide it in half, and pat each half into a 7-inch round about 1 inch thick; cut each round into 6 wedges.
  8. Set the wedges 2 inches apart on the baking sheet and chill for 15 minutes so the butter firms up.
  9. Brush the tops with the remaining heavy cream (20 g) and sprinkle with the remaining sugar (15 g).
  10. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until the tops and edges are golden and a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
  11. Cool on a rack for at least 10 minutes before serving.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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