Lemonade Scones No Cream
These easy lemonade scones with no cream are the perfect breakfast or brunch pastry. Although they are made from scratch, they are so easy to make it feels like cheating.
These lemonade scones without cream are better than what you’ll find at a bakery and require less than 10 minutes of hands-on time. Whether you want vegan scones or just a scone that doesn’t use cream, I have options for you in this recipe.
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- Equipment You'll Need
- Recipe Highlights
- How to Make Lemonade Scones without Cream
- How to Store Creamless Lemonade Scones
- Substitutions for Cream in Scones
- Lemonade Scones Made without Cream Tips
- How to Make Lemonade Scones Healthier
- When to Serve Lemonade Scones
- How to Serve Lemonade Scones
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- Lemonade Scones No Cream FAQ
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- Lemonade Scones No Cream
- How to Store Creamless Lemonade Scones
- Substitutions for Cream in Scones
- Lemonade Scones Made without Cream Tips
- About Me
Lemonade scones are made with fizzy lemonade but don’t taste like lemonade, so you are free to add any toppings or dough flavorings you like!
Whether you want to add some pumpkin spice for the Autumn months or keep them sweet and summery – the choice is yours.
Equipment You’ll Need
- Glass bowl
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper or baking mats
- Cup with a wide mouth rim (I use a wine glass)
Recipe Highlights
- 10 minutes of hands-on time
- Basic flavor that you can dress up with anything you like
- Perfect for a Sunday brunch
- Easy to transport
- Fun to make with kids
- Uses mainly pantry staples
- Easy to freeze
How to Make Lemonade Scones without Cream
These soft scones with a slightly crispy crust will be a family favorite in no time. They taste slightly sweet from the lemonade, and are so easy to make it’ll feel like you’re cheating!
Scones Ingredients
- All-purpose flour – if you’re using self-rising flour, then omit the baking powder.
- Baking powder – this helps the scones to puff up nicely
- Sea salt – I love using Maldon’s flakey sea salt for baking.
- Butter – Grass-fed butter is best. If you’re making these vegan scones, then use either coconut oil or the Myokos brand vegan butter.
- Fizzy lemonade – this needs to be carbonated like Schweppes or Kirks. 7Up and Sprite both work perfectly too.
Step by Step Instructions (with photos)
- Preheat your oven to 400F and prep your baking sheet.
- Whisk dry ingredients together.
- Crumble butter into the dry ingredients and mix with your hands.
- Add the lemonade to your dry mixture and combine.
- Flatten your dough and shape using a glass. Do this until all your dough is gone.
- Place onto the baking sheet so the scones are slightly touching.
- Bake for about 15 minutes.
How to Store Creamless Lemonade Scones
Store your scones without any toppings on them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Freezing Lemonade Scones No Cream
These scones are great for freezing and enjoying later! Simply let them cool completely, place them in an airtight bag or container, and freeze them for up to 3 months.
Substitutions for Cream in Scones
- Yogurt – the yogurt works well with the baking powder to get a good rise.
- Butter and milk – replacing cream with milk will work if you add a little butter to replace the fat in the cream.
- Coconut cream
- Butter and fizzy lemonade or Sprite
Lemonade Scones Made without Cream Tips
- Mix the dry ingredients first – This will ensure all the baking powder and salt is evenly distributed in the dough and doesn’t get clumped up with the butter.
- Chilled butter – Keeping the butter chilled will help the crumbling process.
- Use all the dough – Don’t forget to use up all your dough by repeating the flattening/shaping process until all the dough is gone!
- Use your hands – Using your hands to mix the dough is so much more fun than using a spatula – and you have one less dish.
- Use cold lemonade – this will make the dough a little more chilled which will give you a better “oven-spring” or rise.
- Dip your cup in flour – is you’re having issues with your cup sticking to your dough, dip it in flour.
- Scones touching – make sure the scones are slightly touching each other when they’re in the oven – this will prevent them from drying out.
How to Make Lemonade Scones Healthier
- Einkorn flour – You could use einkorn flour to make these scones healthier. Simply replace (1 to 1) the all-purpose flour with einkorn flour, then reduce the lemonade to about 175 ml.
- Lighter lemonade – Using a lighter lemonade (with less sugar) will make these scones healthier too, but they won’t be as sweet – there’s always a trade-off. 🙂
- Quality ingredients – I always suggest using quality ingredients like grass-fed butter and good quality sea salt to get the most nutrients out of your food.
- Toppings – The toppings will get you when it comes to being “healthy” – go easy on toppings with lots of sugar if you’re trying to stay healthy.
When to Serve Lemonade Scones
- Serve for brunch
- A fun Sunday breakfast
- Christmas morning breakfast
- Easter morning breakfast
- Bring to a Bible study, or small gathering
- Prep for the week and eat as a treat
- Light summer dessert
How to Serve Lemonade Scones
- Glaze the top with a lemon glaze
- Spread some marmalade
- Maple butter
- Lemon curd
- Fresh fruit and whipped coconut cream or cream
- Jam and whipped cream or coconut cream
- Sprinkle top with powdered sugar
- Nutella
- Yogurt and fruit
- Pad of butter and drizzle of honey
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- Glass bowl
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper or baking mats
- Cup with a wide mouth rim
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Lemonade Scones No Cream FAQ
Using a mixture of butter and milk in scones will replace the cream, however, you could also use butter (or coconut oil) and fizzy lemonade to make scones instead of cream.
There are many substitutes for cream when making scones. My favorite way is to use carbonated lemonade or 7Up with butter or coconut oil to replace the cream.
Yes! There are many ways to make scones without cream. The easiest way is to use fizzy lemonade or Sprite.
If you want to replace cream with milk when making scones, be sure to add a little butter to replace the fat from the cream.
Yes, you can use yogurt to replace cream in scones. The acidity in the yogurt plays well with the baking powder, giving you a good rise.
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Lemonade Scones No Cream
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 3 tbs chilled butter or coconut oil if making vegan
- 220 ml fizzy lemonade from a can – like Schweppes or Kirks. 7Up or Sprite work great too.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Crumble the chilled butter into the dry mixture and use your hands to cut the butter into the flour. It'll be pretty crumbly when you're done mixing.
- Add the fizzy lemonade (needs to be carbonated) to the mixture and use your hands or a stiff spatula to blend together into a ball of dough.
- Flour a surface and form the dough a little more until everything is clearly combined. Then, start to flatten the dough out onto the surface. You want the flattened dough to be about 1/2 inch thick by the time you're done flattending.
- Use a wide mouth cup to shape your scones by placing the mouth of the cup into the dough until the dough lifts with the cup. Set that piece aside and continue with the rest of the dough.
- Take the leftover dough, roll into a ball, flatten, and repeat the shaping process until you have no more dough left. You should get about 9-10 scones.
- Position your scones on the parchment-lined-baking sheet so they are slightly touching eachother in rows.
- Bake at 400F for about 15 minutes (more or less depending on your oven).
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Notes
How to Store Creamless Lemonade Scones
Store your scones without any toppings on them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.Freezing Lemonade Scones No Cream
These scones are great for freezing and enjoying later! Simply let them cool completely, place them in an airtight bag or container, and freeze them for up to 3 months.Substitutions for Cream in Scones
- Yogurt – the yogurt works well with the baking powder to get a good rise.
- Butter and milk – replacing cream with milk will work if you add a little butter to replace the fat in the cream.
- Coconut cream
- Butter and fizzy lemonade or Sprite
Lemonade Scones Made without Cream Tips
- Mix the dry ingredients first – This will ensure all the baking powder and salt is evenly distributed in the dough and doesn’t get clumped up with the butter.
- Chilled butter – Keeping the butter chilled will help the crumbling process.
- Use all the dough – Don’t forget to use up all your dough by repeating the flattening/shaping process until all the dough is gone!
- Use your hands – Using your hands to mix the dough is so much more fun than using a spatula – and you have one less dish.
- Use cold lemonade – this will make the dough a little more chilled which will give you a better “oven-spring” or rise.
- Dip your cup in flour – is you’re having issues with your cup sticking to your dough, dip it in flour.
- Scones touching – make sure the scones are slightly touching each other when they’re in the oven – this will prevent them from drying out.
About Me
The lightest, fluffiest & yummiest scones that I have ever eaten. No need to keep looking for the best scones recipe. It’s right here.
I highly recommend that you double the mix & increase the amount of lemonade to 240-250ml/1 cup or else it appeared too dry for my liking.
It’s great to finally find a lemonade scones recipe that doesn’t require cream to make them.
Happy eating
Thank you so much for this sweet and informative comment!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Please let me know how you like these lemonade scones with no cream.