Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze
Servings: 8
Calories: 370kcal
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
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup heavy cream plus more for brushing on top
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon 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
- cookie sheet
- food processor optional
- pastry cutter optional
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
