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We all encounter people in our lives who, for various reasons, could use a little ‘pick-me-up.’ I have such a person in my life right now. While I can’t solve what she is going through, the gift of tea-time can soothe and help someone to relax and get their mind off things. Nothing can lift the spirit quite like good friendship, conversation and a great cup of Bigelow tea. Of course, tea is even better when paired with a delicious sweet – like Chamomile Scones and a Citrus Butter.
With many people opting for natural sweeteners, I’m going to share a recipe for Chamomile Scones made with Truvia and a delicious Citrus Butter Spread. Paired with Bigelow Tea, you can create an easy gift of tea, friendship and conversation.
Chamomile Scones
The tea, added directly from a Bigelow Tea bag, gives these scones a lovely, subtle flavor.
The Truvia Baking Blend bakes like sugar and adds the perfect amount of sweetness to these tea-time treats.
If you’re not familiar with Truvia, it is a natural sweetener made from Stevia Leaf extract. It comes in several blends so that you can use them in many ways. The sweetener packets help me make my hot tea perfectly sweet. The baking blend helps reduce calories in some of my favorite recipes.
To make these scones, start by mixing together all of the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, sea salt, Truvia Baking Blend ) including the contents from 1-2 chamomile tea bags. Add 1 stick of cold butter, which has been cut into small pieces. You can use your hands or a pastry cutter to mix to get a course-crumbs consistency. (Complete, printable recipe is at the bottom of this post!)
Add 3/4 cups cold water in and mix, but do not overmix – just enough to make a solid piece of dough. Roll your dough out onto a clean, floured surface and knead gently to form an 8″ round shape. Cut into wedges, place on a cookie sheet and bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Watch them closely. If you like your tops browned, I like to brush each scone with milk mid-way through baking. You can allow to cool or serve warm. Allow to cool fully before packaging for gifting.
Citrus Butter
This easy citrus butter makes a great complimentary gift to deliver with these scones. The steps are so simple and the flavor is amazing. You’ll want 1 stick of butter, softened at room temp, honey and the grated peel of lemon and/or orange.
Mix honey, citrus zest into softened butter and add 1/2 tbsp of honey. Mix to desired consistency. I like mine to be more “whipped.” Tip: You can make so many types of butter this way – adding fruit, sweet or savory ingredients.
Gift of Tea Time
If you’re looking to offer a pick-me-up, this gift is perfect.
What you Need:
Jar
Bigelow Tea Bags
Scones/Pastry/Tea Cakes/Cookies – packaged and tied.
Truvia Sweetener Packs
Start by choosing a Bigelow Tea blend that you know your recipient will love. I used Chamomile in my recipe, so I included some of those packets in this gift and then chose Bigelow Plantation Mint. The mint is subtle and perfect with the flavors of the scones and citrus. I chose to place all of my packets in a jar that could be displayed.
Finally, a chalk label reads: “A cup of tea is always a good idea.” So, so true.
Package it pretty – add a hand towel, pretty placemat or fresh flowers. I put the citrus butter in a mini jar for easy storing.
The Perfect gift….
Shopping at Target made gathering everything I needed for this recipe and gift a breeze. The grocery section of my local store is amazing – and I was able to pick up everything I needed, including Bigelow Tea and Truvia, to make these scones & butter.
Savings
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Recipe
- Scones
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- 2 c. flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ c. Truvia Baking Blend
- 1-2 Bigelow Chamomile Tea Bags - open and remove tea
- ¾ c. cold water
- 1 stick cold butter - cut into small pieces
- Citrus Butter
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- 1 tbsp Citrus Zest - lemon, orange or both
- 1 stick butter, softened
- ½ tbsp of honey
- Scones
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- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- Put dry mix ingredients into a large bowl, including tea
- Add butter and use pastry blender or hands to get to coarse crumbs consistency
- Add water adn mix lightly - do not overmix
- Turn dough onto floured surface and gently knead into 8" round (about ½ inch thick)
- Cut into 8 wedges
- Place wedges on baking sheet
- Bake for 10-12 minutes - watch closely
- Brush tops with milk for browning
- Citrus Butter
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- Allow butter to soften.
- Add honey and citrus zest.
- Combine - and mix well to reach desired consistency.
- Store in jar with lid
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Catherine S says
January 12, 2015 at 4:40 pmThis is a great tea time gift set. This would be perfect for one of my friends.
Tanya Coffman says
January 12, 2015 at 6:00 pmWow Stephanie! I’m am so incredibly impressed! I’ve never heard of using tea to make scones before, I’m going to give this recipe a go as soon as I can. Thanks so much for sharing! 😀
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
January 12, 2015 at 6:08 pmThose sound delicious. This is definitely a recipe that I want to add to my to-do list. It looks amazing.
Krystal says
January 12, 2015 at 6:28 pmOh yum! That is high brow, indeed! I can’t wait to give these a try.
Sharon says
January 12, 2015 at 6:43 pmThe many uses of tea..who knew? I love this and would love to try it out!
Nina Say says
January 12, 2015 at 6:46 pmChamomile is my go-to for so many things. This looks delicious, thank you for sharing.
Liz Mays says
January 12, 2015 at 8:47 pmScones were a big tradition in my family as a kid. I’d like to try these out. They look great!
Elizabeth Copeland says
January 12, 2015 at 9:28 pmThe citrus butter sounds so tempting (I’m a sucker for pastry with citrus)! I’ve been meaning to make scones, as the kids keep complaining about my lack of breakfast variety, which is odd, as I usually rotate 6 to 7 breakfast entrees. Sigh!
courtney says
January 12, 2015 at 10:14 pmOmg these sound beyond delicious!!! Carbs and tea all in one…. Ahhhhh I want 🙂
Tonya C says
January 12, 2015 at 10:49 pmI’ve heard such great things about Truvia. Thanks for sharing a recipe using it. Sounds good.
Nicole says
January 13, 2015 at 12:31 amJanuary is national Hot Tea month. I shared this as I don’t do a lot of my own cooking with tea but scones are just too delicious not to!
dogvills says
January 13, 2015 at 12:33 amI love tea, my favorite being green tea; though a few nice scones go so well with them!
Elizabeth O. says
January 13, 2015 at 1:30 amScones and tea are perfect together, as always! I would love to try making some.
tammileetips says
January 13, 2015 at 1:54 amScones and tear are perfect for any gloomy Washington afternoon!! Sounds like an amazing scone combination!
Rebecca Swenor says
January 13, 2015 at 3:06 amI have yet to try the Truvia sweetener yet. I have been hearing so many good comments about it that this recipe would be a great way to try it. I love the idea of flavoring the butters. I have never thought to do this but I will be starting this too. Thanks for sharing.
Jenni E. {Sweet Pennies from Heaven} says
January 13, 2015 at 9:32 amTea for sure is one thing I love to gift. My sister, especially. Nothing makes her happier than when I give her a gift bag full of all the things she loves, including different kinds of tea. Oh, and your scones look fantastic!!!!
Adanna says
January 13, 2015 at 12:51 pmThis looks all kinds of yummy! I would love this 🙂
Terri Ramsey Beavers says
January 13, 2015 at 1:52 pmI love scones so much. I’ve never heard of adding chamomile to them but I’ve got to try your recipe. I love to make orange butter for my scones. I bet it would taste amazing on these.
Lynndee says
January 13, 2015 at 3:11 pmThose look delish! Yum! And I love the idea of the tea gift set. I think my SIL would love it.
Chrystal @ YUM eating says
January 13, 2015 at 10:29 pmI love my tea and I tell you what, I am mad about a good scone recipes. This looks amazing.
Cherri Megasko says
January 13, 2015 at 10:41 pmWhat a great gift basket idea! I absolutely love afternoon tea and scones are the best part of it! Thanks for the idea!
Rosey says
January 13, 2015 at 11:31 pmSeriously, I think I’m in love!! Pinning this one. I will have these soon!!
Margarita Ibbott (@DownshiftingPRO) says
January 14, 2015 at 12:26 amIts late and I had dinner hours ago… those scones look delicious. I love the citrus butter too!
Jhady says
January 14, 2015 at 1:14 amI can’t remember the last time I had tea. It’s been while, I have to start drinking back again. Tea has a lot of benefits. The scones looks delicious….perfect match for hot tea.
Manu Kalia says
January 14, 2015 at 1:58 amFirst time I’ve seen a citrus butter and I want to try it so bad. Shared this to my wife. Thank you
Lisa Rios says
January 14, 2015 at 8:42 amLooks delicious. I really love this recipe. I think it would perfectly suit the tea time. Will have to try this for sure. Thanks for sharing this.
Paula Shuck says
January 14, 2015 at 3:05 pmMMMmmm.. I would never have thought to add tea to a recipe. The scones look so delicious and I can’t imagine how much better they would taste with the citrus butter. Yum!
JanetGoingCrazy says
January 14, 2015 at 4:02 pmWhat a great gift for a friend! The scones sound delicious and I love Bigelow tea. I would love to give a gift like this! #client
linda says
January 14, 2015 at 4:09 pmThese look amazing! Will definitely put these on my must try list. Thanks for sharing.
R U S S says
January 14, 2015 at 6:14 pmI have been using natural sweeteners for over a week now. I used to be skeptical about it, but when I finally got to try it, I loved it! In fact, it tastes better compared to sugar and to the leading sweeteners. I’m just using a different brand right now, but I will definitely try Truvia next time I hit the supermarket.
Angela Christoper says
January 14, 2015 at 9:17 pmWhat a wonderful recipe! I really love foods thanks for this wonderful and delicious recipe tanks a lot!!
Kiwi says
January 14, 2015 at 11:47 pmYou made this presentation look marvelous!! Great recipe!!
Erica says
January 20, 2015 at 11:56 amI am all for giving things a try with all natural sweetener. Plus this just looks amazing 🙂
Krista says
January 20, 2015 at 10:44 pmI am the tea addict in my family. I have set up a whole bar with tea treats.
Katarina K says
January 28, 2015 at 2:38 amOh, this looks so yummy! I have to try to make this, looks effortless!