Earl Grey Scones - Knead Some Sweets (2024)

These elegant Earl Grey Scones are soft, tender, rich with delicate Earl Grey flavor, and topped with creamy vanilla icing. They taste just like a London Fog!

Typically we enjoy scones with tea... but what if the scone was the tea? These Earl Grey scones are just that; tea flavored scones. If you've only had more normal flavored scones such as pumpkin spice scones or lemon cream scones with your tea, this might seem a little "out there".

Trust me, they are delightful! The Earl Grey flavor comes through well and the creamy icing makes them taste like a cup of tea with milk and sugar. A London Fog scone, if you will.

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⭐️ Why You Need to Make This Recipe

• Flavor - With the fragrant Earl Grey tea leaves and milk steeped with tea leaves incorporated into the dough and the creamy vanilla icing on top, these scones taste just like a London Fog latte.
• Texture - These scones have a light and fluffy interior with a slightly crispy exterior.
• Process - There is no need to be intimidated by making homemade scones. It is surprisingly easy and so much more affordable than buying scones!

🧈 Ingredients

Here are the ingredients needed to make these Earl Grey scones with vanilla icing.

Ingredient Notes

• Milk + Tea - At least a few hours or overnight before making these scones, you will need to steep a bag of Earl Grey tea in scalding milk and then let it cool down and refrigerate until fully chilled before adding to the recipe.
• Earl Grey Tea Leaves - You need 1 tea bag to steep in the milk plus 1 ½ teaspoons (around 4 tea bags worth) of very fine loose tea leaves to incorporate into the dough. If your tea leaves are most coarse, run through a clean coffee grinder or crush in a mortar and pestle. I like to use Twinings Earl Grey tea bags for the best texture and flavor.
• Salted Butter - I use salted butter in most of my recipes, but unsalted butter may be used instead with ½ teaspoon of salt added to the recipe.
• Whipping Cream - Cream makes a nice rich icing but you could use milk instead if you don't have any cream. Start with 1-2 tablespoons of milk and add more as needed to make the icing the consistency to drizzle.

See the recipe card for the full list of ingredients with measurements.

📃 Instructions

Step 1: A few hours before making the scones, heat the milk until it is scalding (just under boiling). Add 1 Earl Grey tea bag and let the tea steep in the milk. Let cool down to room temperature before refrigerating until chilled before adding to the recipe.

Step 2: Whisk together the flour, white sugar, baking powder, and fine tea leaves. Add the cubes of cold butter.

Step 3: Work the butter in using a pastry cutter until the pieces of butter are small like peas.

Step 4: Whisk together the cold steeped tea milk, eggs, and vanilla separately.

Step 5: Add the combined wet ingredients to the flour/butter mixture and mix until a shaggy dough forms.

Step 6: Gently knead and press the dough together until the scone dough comes together. Shape into three disks around 3 inches in diameter and 1 ½ inches tall.

Step 7: Cut each dough disk into quarters and arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper leaving spreading room between each scone.

Step 8: Bake in a preheated oven for 13-17 minutes or until golden. Let cool down slightly before topping with the icing.

See Also

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Step 9: Whisk together the powdered sugar, 3-4 tablespoons of whipping cream, and a splash of vanilla until smooth. Drizzle on top of the slightly cooled scones.

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