How to Make the Best Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze

Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze
Featuring Sabrina Gee-Shin and her son Dean!
Recipe from friend Linda Lee who adapted Tyler Florence

Takes 40 minutes: 20 minutes of prep, 20 minutes to cook
8 scones

Ingredients

Blueberry Scone
•2 cups all-purpose flour
•1T Baking Powder
•1/2 tsp. salt
•3T sugar
•5T unsalted butter, cold, cut in small chunks
•1 cup of milk (or half & half, lowfat milk, soy milk)
•1 cup fresh blueberries (risk with frozen ones that it will bleed throughout your scone)

Lemon Glaze
•1/4 cup lemon juice (fresh) -- that's about 1 ½ lemons
•1 cup confectioners sugar (powder sugar)
•1 tsp butter
•1 tsp lemon zest (or more, this is about the zest from one lemon)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F

Scone

Sift or stir together the dry ingredients for the scones: flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Using two knives or a pastry blender, cut in the butter to coat the pieces with the flour mixture. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs.

Make a well in the center and pour in the milk.
Fold everything together just to incorporate. Do not overwork the dough or you'll get a tough scone. Gently fold in the blueberries.

Lightly flour your work surface and your hands and turn the dough out. If you are not using a scone pan, shape the dough into a rectangle about 12" x 3", about 1 ¼" thick. Cut the rectangle into 4 (3") squares. Then cut each square on the diagonal to make 8 triangles. Place the scones on an ungreased cookie sheet or parchment paper. Optionally, you may brush the tops with a little milk.

Bake 15-20 minutes, until lightly browned. Let cool before applying glaze.

Glaze
Mix the lemon juice and confectioners sugar together in a small microwave-safe bowl. Stir to dissolve. Add the butter and lemon zest, microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir or whisk to smooth out any lumps. If too liquidy, add more sugar. Drizzle over the top of the scones. This glaze is AMAZING. Freeze any extra for future use.

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[peechezz01]

OMG!!!! These are freakin fabulous!!!! I can't believe how good they turned out!! I'm gonna double the recipe and freeze the dough so I can have them anytime! I tried Ina Garden's recipe for the cranberry orange scones and they were horrible... your's are light and super moist in the middle. My mouth was watering when I took them out the oven, then when I started with the glaze, then the butter in the glaze!!!!! Aaaaaaaaa!!!!! Eating them right now!! Thanks a million!!

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@peechezz01 You are welcome. Now rock it! You'll be blueberry scone master amongst your friends!

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@naziapai and@EDIEaahmean -- stuck to the parchment paper when baking or to the waxed paper when cutting?

[SabrinaOnSF]

@peechezz01 Glad you liked! I just made a batch this morning -- trying to do as many before blueberry season is over!

[Fitange]

Mmm wonderful scones. Love blueberries

[EDIEaahmean]

@naziapal my scones stuck too....

[naziapal]

i tried as well and i am eating right now and ya they turned out really nice, but mine scones were sticking to the paper :(, nevertheless good attempt.

[EDIEaahmean]

I made these today and they turned out great. Thank you for the video!