Blueberry Scones

8 Servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Chill 25 minutes
Total Time 51 minutes

Blueberry Scones are perfect for breakfast, brunch, or as a sweet treat. They’re flaky and buttery made with cinnamon and fresh blueberries!

Blueberry Scones are a delicious Breakfast Baked Good perfect to enjoy with a cup of coffee on a lazy weekend morning. Try our Blueberry Crumb Muffins and Sour Cream Coffee Cake for more indulgent breakfast treats!

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BLUEBERRY SCONES

Now, scones are one of those recipes that can get a bad rap. Too often when people think of scones they think of dry, crumbly, unappetizing pastries. If that’s been your experience with scones, then you’ve either not been having them fresh, or you’ve had the wrong scone recipes served to you. In that case, this Blueberry Scones recipe is going to be a game-changer!

Blueberry Scones dough in flattened circle on cookie sheet

Far from dry, these scones come out buttery and flaky with juicy blueberries throughout and coarse sugar topping. Of course, scones are always going to be drier than muffins or some other breakfast pastries. However, the light, buttery texture won’t be too heavy to enjoy. The perfect scone has a similar texture to a Biscuit

These scones are also surprisingly easy to make. They’re done in under an hour with a good amount of that being rest time! You can make these delicious scones using fresh or frozen blueberries. Either way, they turn out great!

Blueberry Scones unbaked sliced scone wedges on cookie sheet

Fresh Blueberry Scones are perfect to serve for a family breakfast or Sunday brunch! You can enjoy them as they are with a cup of coffee or add some toppings. Scones taste great with warm butter spread over them, Jam, or Stabilized Cream.

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TIPS FOR MAKING THE BEST BLUEBERRY SCONES

  • Prep time: Start the recipe by preheating the oven and lining your baking sheet with parchment paper. 
  • Dry ingredients: Add the flour, ⅓ cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt to your food processor. Pulse the food processor to sift the dry ingredients together. Once they’re combined add the butter and pulse again until small, coarse crumbs form. If you don’t have a food processor, you can use a pastry cutter to do this in a mixing bowl. 
  • HINT: The biggest secret to making light and delicious scones is using cold butter. The cold butter gets coated with flour, then when that butter and flour melt in the baking process the steam creates the flaky texture we all love!
  • Wet ingredients: Add the sour cream and an egg to your flour mixture, and pulse until they mix. The scone dough will form into large clumps. 
  • Form: Sprinkle flour over a clean countertop or another flat surface like a baking dish. Move the scone dough to the floured surface. Use your hands to gently form the dough into a ball and add the blueberries as you go. Once the blueberries are nicely mixed in, gently flatten the dough into an 8-inch circle. Use a sharp knife to cut the circle into 8 even triangles. Move the scones to the parchment-lined baking sheet. Cover the prepared baking sheet in plastic wrap to store in the fridge for 20 minutes. This step is key because it will chill the butter after it’s warmed up from being handled. 
  • Bake: Take the scones from the fridge and brush the tops of them with heavy cream. Sprinkle coarse sugar over the top. Bake for 16-18 minutes until they’re a light golden brown around the edges. Let scones cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Blueberry Scones on cookie sheet

VARIATIONS ON BLUEBERRY SCONES

  • Lemon Blueberry Scones: To make a Lemon and Blueberry Scone recipe you can make an easy lemon icing. Combine 1 cup powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, and lemon zest to taste to make the glaze. Drizzle it over the Blueberry Scones after they’re done baking. 
  • Gluten-free scones: If you want gluten-free scones, you’ll just need to replace the all-purpose flour in the recipe. Instead of white flour, you can use almond flour, oat flour, or coconut flour. 
  • Berries: Easily change up the recipe using different kinds of berries like raspberries, strawberries, cherries, or cranberries. You can either use one of the berries to replace the blueberries or use a variety of berries along with blueberries for mixed berry scones. 
  • Mix-ins: For some delicious add-ins try coconut flakes, chopped nuts, raisins, or cinnamon chips. 

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HOW TO STORE BLUEBERRY SCONES

  • Serve: You can keep freshly baked scones at room temperature for up to 2 days. Once the Blueberry Scones have cooled to room temperature store any leftovers in an airtight container in a dry, cool place to keep them fresh. 
  • Store: Kept in a ziplock bag or another airtight container scones can also be kept in the fridge for up to 1 week. 
  • Freeze: If you want to make Blueberry Scones ahead of time and freeze them, they’ll stay good for up to 3 months. Let them thaw in the fridge, and then eat them cold or reheat them for a few minutes in the oven.

Blueberry Scones in stack

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Blueberry Scones

Blueberry Scones are perfect for breakfast, brunch, or as a sweet treat. They're flaky and buttery made with cinnamon and fresh blueberries!
Yield 8 Servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 51 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients
 

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter , frozen and diced
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons coarse sanding sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Add flour, ⅓ cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt to a large food processor.
  • Pulse a couple of times to "sift".
  • Add butter and pulse until it resembles small crumbs.
  • Add sour cream and egg and pulse until large clumps form.
  • Remove to a flour-covered surface and gently add in blueberries and form into a ball.
  • Pat gently into an 8-inch circle with your hands.
  • Cut into 8 wedges.
  • Place onto a baking sheet.
  • Cover lightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
  • Brush tops with heavy cream and sprinkle coarse sanding sugar over the dough.
  • Bake for 16-18 minutes.
  • Cool for 5 minutes before removing from baking sheet.

Nutrition

Calories: 333kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 206mg | Potassium: 133mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 597IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 2mg
Keyword: Blueberry Scones

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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