Blueberry Scones

Blueberry Scones

Ingredients

Scones:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup granulated sugar mixed with 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick 8 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into ½ inch cubes
  • ½ cup heavy cream plus 2 tablespoons more for brushing on top of the scones
  • ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries washed, lightly dried, and frozen on a sheet pan for one hour

Lemon Glaze:

  • 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
  • 2-3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425°F.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar with lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt until well blended.
  • Add the cold butter cubes into the dry ingredients and, using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until it forms pea-sized pieces.
  • In a large liquid measuring cup, whisk together the cream and yogurt and add the mixture into the dry ingredients.
  • Using a slotted spoon or a bowl scraper, blend the mixture until just combined. It will be quite crumbly at this stage.
  • Place the crumbly mixture onto a work surface.
  • Using a dough cutter, fold dough over onto itself until it develops into a relatively smooth dough. If the dough is still too sticky dust it with a little more flour.
  • Using a floured rolling pin, roll out the dough into a 12 inch square.
  • Fold the dough into thirds as you would fold a letter.
  • Fold the short sides as you would fold a letter so that you end up with a square.
  • Roll out the dough into a 12 inch square again dusting with flour as needed.
  • Gently press the frozen blueberries into the dough.
  • Fold the dough into thirds until a long, narrow rectangle forms.
  • Using a dough cutter, cut the dough into quarters. You should have 4 equal rectangles.
  • Cut each rectangle diagonally to form 2 triangles.
  • Place triangles onto 2 large parchment lined sheet pans, leaving a few inches between each one. There should be 4 scones per sheet pan.
  • Using a pastry brush, lightly brush some cream on the top of each scone.

Notes

Makes approximately 8 Scones