Blueberry lemon scones

At my local coffee shop they have these delicious blueberry lemon scones. What I love about them is that they are blue on the inside. However, I often wish that blueberry taste was more powerful. I had to try and make my own version of them to kick that flavor up a notch!

These scones are light and have a cake-like texture. The blueberry compote I added made a beautiful blue dough that keeps its color even after it is baked. 

Ingredients for blueberry lemon scones

The base recipe for the blueberry lemon scones is similar to my other scone recipe you can find here. The added egg makes the scone have a nice cake-like texture and reduces the dryness. The combination of milk and heavy whipping cream makes it rich and creamy. Pastry flour is my preferred flour to use for any pastry I make. It is milled to a finer texture than all purpose flour, and is made with a soft wheat for a lower protein content, which helps baked goods produce very tender results.

Ingredients for blueberry compote

The compote is easy to make. Combine the blueberries, cane sugar, salt and water in a small saucepan. Over medium heat, slowly warm it until the blueberries burst open and the spoon or spatula you use leaves clear streaks on the bottom of your pan. When you can see the bottom of the pan you have the right thickness, and it is ready to be used in your scone mixture. Let it cool down while you prepare the rest of your dough.

Blueberries salt sugar and water in small saucepan

 

Compote done, clear streak on the bottom of the pan

 

Pastry flour must be sifted before use. The flour is so fine that it can clump together very easily. While large clumps can be broken up with a spatula, small clumps are more easily missed and can show up as lumps of uncooked flour in your finished product if you are not careful. After sifting your flour, add the other dry ingredients, salt and baking powder. The lemon zest is also added at this point so it doesn’t stick together.

Cut in butter into flour mixture

After the dry mixture is combined, grate your frozen, unsalted butter onto the flour mixture and cut it in with a pastry cutter. Grating the frozen butter is an easy process which prevents the butter from warming up too much since it can be done quickly.

Flour mixture with grated frozen butter

Combine all liquid ingredients, whole milk, heavy whipping cream, maple syrup and one egg. The cooled blueberry compote is adding after all the liquid ingredients are combined. The compote can be mixed in well with either a spatula or your hands. Work quickly so you don’t warm up the butter.

Combined blueberry scone dough

Remove the dough from your bowl onto a floured countertop. I love to use my silicone pastry mat for this because it is easy to use and clean. Gently form an 8 inch circle with your hands. Pat gently and don’t press too hard on your dough.

Cirkel or blueberry scone dough

After you form a circle, cut it into 8 equal triangles. The dough may be sticky, but adding a little flour to your knife will help to prevent it sticking.

Cutting of the blueberry scone dough

Put your scones on a baking tray with parchment paper. Bake them until golden brown in a preheated oven.

Blueberry scones on baking tray ready to bake

After the scones are done baking, let them cool completely on a cooling rack. While they are cooling prepare your lemon icing. Combine the lemon zest, lemon juice and the powdered sugar. The consistency of your icing depends on how much lemon juice you add. For a thinner drizzle simply add more juice. 

Preparing of the lemon icing

When the scone are completely cooled, drizzle on your icing. If you do this when they are still a little warm the icing will soak into the scones. 

Blueberry scones with icing

 

 

Blueberry Lemon Scone

These blueberry lemon scones are light and have a cake-like texture. The blueberry compote I added made a beautiful blue dough that keeps its color even after it is baked.  The added lemon zest in the dough gives it a freshness to it. The lemon drizzle on top is the right combination of sweet and fresh that really completes the scones.
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: scones
Keyword: blueberry lemon scone, blueberry scone, scones
Author: Ester van Boesschoten

Ingredients

Blueberry compote

  • 1 Cup Blueberries fresh or frozen
  • 1/8 Cup Granulated sugar
  • 1/8 Cup Water
  • Pinch Kosher salt

Scone

  • 2 Cups Pastry flour or all purpose
  • 1 Tablespoon Baking powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
  • 4 Tablespoons Unsalted butter frozen
  • 1 Tablespoon Maple syrup
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/2 Cup Heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 Cup Whole milk
  • 1 Teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
  • Lemon zest of 1 lemon

Lemon drizzle

  • 1/3 Cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Lemon juice
  • Zest Of one lemon

Instructions

Blueberry Compote

  • Combine the blueberries, sugar, water and salt in a small saucepan. Warm over medium heat untill the blueberries burst and a spoon or spatula makes a clear path on the bottom to the pan. This should take 10-15 minutes.
  • Take it off the heat and let it cool for 10 minutes.

Scone

  • Position your oven rack in the middle and preheat the oven to 425 Farhenheit *.
  • Sift your flour and combine it with salt, baking powder and lemon zest.
  • In a separate bowl combine the heavy cream, milk, maple syrup, vanilla extract and the whisked egg. Stir to combine. When your blueberry compote is cooled enough, add it to this mixture.
  • Grate the frozen butter over your flour mixture . Cut in the butter with a pastry knife.
  • Gently stir the liquid into the flour mixture until it is just combined. Be careful not to overmix it.
  • If preferred you can add some (up to a half a cup) extra whole blueberries gently at this point.
  • Transfer the dough to a floured counter top. Gently form the dough into a circle approximately 7” round and 1-1 1/2” thick. Cut out 8 triangles.
  • Place your triangles onto a baking sheet line with parchment paper.
  • Bake them in the preheated oven until they are golden brown. This takes around 12-15 minutes.*
  • When done let them cool on a cooling rack.

Drizzle

  • Combine lemon juice, zest and powdered sugar until smooth consistency. If you prefer a thin glaze slowly add more lemon juice.
  • Drizzle over your cooled scones and enjoy!

Notes

*Every oven is different, so time and temperature may be different for your oven. Keep a close eye on your scones in the end of the baking time.

Scones are one of my favorite treats to eat with my cappuccino. For years I have tried to nail this recipe. Finally, I got it just right to my preference. I often struggled and ended up baking them too dry for my liking. The addition of whipped cream, milk and an egg was the secret. 

These are so easy and delicious! Go and make them asap!!

The blood orange drizzle at the end balances out all the sweet of the scone and gives is a nice freshness.

 

White Chocolate Cherry Scones

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: scones
Keyword: scones
Servings: 8

Ingredients

scone

  • 2 Cups all purpose unbleached flour
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon salt
  • 4 Tablespoon unsalted butter frozen
  • 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1/2 Cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 Cup whole milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 Cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/2 Cup dried cherries

Blood orange drizzle

  • 1/3 Cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon blood orange juice

Instructions

Scones

  • Position your oven rack in the middle and preheat the oven to 425 Farhenheit.
  • In a bowl, sift the flour and add baking powder and salt. Mix it until well combined.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the heavy whipping cream, milk, maple syrup, vanilla and the whisked egg. Stir to combine.
  • Grate the frozen butter over the flour mixture. Cut the butter into the flour with a pastry knife.
  • Stir in the chocolate chips and the dried cherries.
  • Gently stir the liquid into to the flour mixture until it is just combined. Be careful not to overmix it.
  • Transfer the dough to a floured counter top. Gently form the dough into a circle approximately 7" round and 1 – 1 1/2” thick. Cut out 8 triangles.
  • Place the triangles onto a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Bake them in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Drizzle

  • Combine the powdered sugar and blood orange juice until you no longer have any lumps. If you prefer a thin glaze, slowly add more juice to the mixture.
  • Drizzle on the blood orange icing while the scones are still warm. Enjoy!