You'll love this Lemonade Scones recipe, made with a surprise ingredient, 7 UP or Sprite! It's a classic Australian Scone recipe, one that my wife made for me about 20 years ago. Perfect recipe for the kids to make for breakfast, Mother's Day or with a cup of tea.
What are Lemonade Scones?
In Australia, they call this recipe Lemonade Scones, an easy way to make homemade scones. If you're from the States, it's not what you think! There is no lemons in this recipe! Australians call all lemon-lime soft drinks like 7 Up or Sprite as Lemonade. It's not fresh squeezed lemon juice, commonly known as lemonade. This sounds confusing, but it's not really. Just use 7-UP when making this recipe!
Ingredients You'll Need
This recipe is known as easy scones for a reason, because all you need is 3 ingredients! The best part is... you have all of this in your pantry already, so you can make this anytime!
- Self Raising Flour (easy to make, just add baking powder)
- Lemonade (7-Up or Sprite)
- Whipping Cream
How to Make Self Raising Flour
Self raising flour is very commonly used in Australia, UK, and even in the southern states of the US. Any supermarket in Australia sells this type of flour. If you can't find self raising flour, you can easily make your own. Mix these ingredients together, it's that easy to make self raising flour!
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
How to make 3 ingredient Scones
The easy part of this recipe is that it's a 3 ingredient scone recipe. Self raising flour, whipping cream and Sprite or 7up, how easy it that? You just place the ingredients into a bowl and mix to combine. The dough should be soft and tacky.
It's important to not over mix the dough. This will bake hard and tough scones. Try to handle the dough as little as possible. On a lightly floured surface, pat the dough gently and cut the round scone circles. Be gentle. Place them on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. You can lightly brush them with milk before baking for a nicer finished scone.
Tips for Serving Lemonade Scones
- make ahead and store in an air tight container
- scones freeze really well to be enjoyed later
- usually served with jam and whipped cream
- try serving with homemade Passionfruit Curd or Lemon Curd
- don't use light whipping cream, the recipe needs the heavy whipping cream
An Easy Scone Recipe made with 7 Up or Sprite. Lemonade Scones are an Australian favorite, you won't believe how easy it is to make. The perfect recipe for your kids to learn to bake, part of a breakfast brunch, high tea, or for dad to bake on Mother's Day morning! Bon Appetit! Приятного аппетита!
Ingredients
- 3 cups self raising flour*
- 1 cup whipping cream not light
- 1 cup 7-UP
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C fan forced.
- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, lightly. Carefully mixing until they are combined. The dough will be soft and tacky.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface, to about 1" thick. Using a 2" round cookie cutter, cut about 8 round pieces. Place them close together on a lightly greased sheet or on baking paper. (Optional: brush scones lightly with milk.)
- Bake for 15 minutes, until they're golden brown. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
- Serve with jam and fresh whipped cream.
Notes
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Peter's Food Adventures
❤️ Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them!!
Karen
My Australian Auntie Eileen gave me this recipe years ago and I used to make it all the time. I started thinking about it a few weeks ago and decided to hop online to see if I could find this simple recipe to make these easy scones once again - so thank you! Yay!
Peter's Food Adventures
Your welcome! It’s an Aussie classic! Enjoy! ❤️
Sue naidu Naidu
Can I use no sugar Sprite lemonade for the scones
Peter's Food Adventures
Hi Sue! I don’t see why not!! 😃
Kate
I was really excited to try this recipe as it looks super simple. Mixed the ingredients and the dough is beyond "tacky" and pretty impossible to work with. It's so sticky that rolling it out was not an option. What have I done wrong?
Peter's Food Adventures
Hi Kate, if it’s too tacky, just add a bit of flour until it’s workable. Too dry then add bit more 7up! Europeans like to measure recipes by weight so it’s more exact. When we measure in cups, the flour can be more or less depending if you packed it tight or just sifted it with air. Adjust as needed. Hope that helps and good luck!
Rotwein
This is interesting and looks yum too! Seems worth trying!
PetersFoodAdventures
Thanks Rotwein! An easy way to make scones! 🙂
Jackie
Can't wait to make these scones, but I have one question, do they really bake at 180°F? Most of the other scone recipes I have are baked at anywhere between 375° and 425°F. I will be anxiously awaiting your answer so that I can make these awesome sounding scones!
PetersFoodAdventures
Oh my goodness! I got the fahrenheit and celcius mixed up in the editing!!! Thanks so much for the catch, i have fixed it! Definitly bake at 350F!!!! Hope you enjoy them! 🙂
Ronit
I've never used soft drinks in baking, so I'm quite intrigued by this recipe. Hope to give it a try soon.
PetersFoodAdventures
Thanks Ronit, its so easy to use. I always figured that 7up was the 'healthiest' soft drink out there, but thats not really true. Still lots of sugar in it, but the scones aren't super sweet at all! 🙂 Let me know how it goes!