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A Blueberry Scones Finished with a lemon glaze

Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze

Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: blueberry scones, cream scones, scones
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 14 minutes
Cooling: 5 minutes
Total Time: 29 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 370kcal
Author: Brenda
My blueberry scones recipe is quick, easy, moist and uses lemon to add another dimension of flavor. This is a perfect breakfast, brunch, or dessert item to share or to freeze for fresh scones in the morning.
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Ingredients

  • 2.5 cups All purpose flour plus more for work space
  • cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 6 tbsp butter
  • 1 cup heavy cream plus more for brushing on top
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
  • 1 lemon zest split between the dough and the glaze, juice set aside
  • ¾ cup blueberries fresh or frozen
  • ½ cup 10x sugar optional: for glaze

Baking equipment

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425F
  • In a food processor or large bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt until combined.
  • Add butter to food processor and pulse into butter is broken into pea sized pieces.
  • Combine the wet ingredients: butter, heavy cream, egg, vanilla extra, and ½ the lemon zest. Pour into food processor.
  • Pulse until just combined. Remove dough from food processor. 
  • Place dough on floured work surface. Add blueberries. Work blueberries in until about evenly distributed.
  • Shape into a disk about 1" high. Cut into 8 slices
  • Place on cookie sheet and bake for 14-16 minutes.
  • Optional- while scones are baking combine juice of 1 lemon with ½ cup 10x sugar and other half of lemon zest. Wait until scones are cooled to glaze.
  • Allow to cool on rack. When cool enjoy or drizzle glaze.

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Notes

  • These freeze very well so wrap them in plastic and place them in a freezer bag if you want freshly baked scones
  • You can use frozen blueberries or fresh.
  • Don't overwork the dough as you'll make it tough, you want it to appear layered like a biscuit when you cut into these
  • While I made this is a food processor, you can use a pastry cutter as well to achieve the same results.

Nutrition

Calories: 370kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 386mg | Potassium: 251mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 710IU | Vitamin C: 8.7mg | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 2.1mg