Blueberry scones with lemon glaze are bakery-quality and moist – made from the comfort of your own kitchen!
Total Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose baking flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut in chunks
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 cup heavy cream, plus more for brushing the scones
- ½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 lemon, zest finely grated
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Sift together the dry ingredients; the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
- Using 2 forks or a pastry blender, cut in the butter to coat the pieces with the flour. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs.
- Fold the blueberries into the batter. Take care not to mash or bruise the blueberries because their strong color will bleed into the dough.
- Make a well in the center and pour in the heavy cream.
- Fold everything together just to incorporate; do not overwork the dough.
- Press the dough out on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle about 12 by 3 by 1 1/4 inches.
- Cut the rectangle in 1/2 then cut the pieces in 1/2 again, giving you 4 (3-inch) squares.
- Cut the squares in 1/2 on a diagonal to give you the classic triangle shape.
- Place the scones on an ungreased cookie sheet and brush the tops with a little heavy cream.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until beautiful and brown. Let the scones cool a bit before you apply the glaze.
Lemon Glaze Instructions:
- You can make the lemon glaze in a double boiler, or for a simpler alternative, you can zap it in the microwave.
- Mix the lemon juice with the confectioners’ until dissolved in a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water for the double-boiler method, or in a microwave-safe bowl.
- Whisk in the butter and lemon zest.
- Either nuke the glaze for 30 seconds or continue whisking in the double boiler.
- Whisk the glaze to smooth out any lumps, then drizzle the glaze over the top of the scones.
- Let it set a minute before serving.
Recipe compliments of Home Chef Sarah Biddle and OPL Community Member
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