Carter and I recently went berry picking so we could make mommy’s favorite coffee shop treat, Blueberry Scones. If you follow along with the blog I’m sure you’ve heard by now how amazingly talented my dad is at gardening. Like seriously, any issues he ever has with gardening isn’t because of something he did (this year it is the attack of the voles…thank you mild winter. If you have any tips for getting them out of the garden please oh please leave me a tip in the comments!). Well Dad’s berries weren’t quite ready for harvest so a picking we went!
This recipe only uses 1 cup of fresh blueberries so if you go picking you will have plenty of berries left for munching on or using in a recipe like my Lemon Blueberry Bread. You can use frozen berries, but take them out of the freezer right before mixing them into the dough…you can also toss the frozen blueberries into a little extra flour to keep your scones from turning purple (unless you like purple scones then omit the extra flour!)
Coffee Shop Style Blueberry Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 TBSP baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 stick cold butter cut into small pieces 1/2 cup
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 TBSP vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
For sugar topping
- 2 TBSP heavy cream
- course sanding sugar
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375
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In a bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
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Add the small pieces of butter and using either a pastry cutter, 2 forks, or even better yet your fingers, "cut in" the butter until it resembles coarse crumbs.
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In another bowl whisk together your egg, heavy cream (just the 1/2 cup...you are reserving the other 2 TBSP for getting the sugar to stick to the top).
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Add the wet ingredients to the flour/butter mixture. Mix it together until combined then fold in your fresh blueberries. Be careful not to squish all the blueberries but you will need to do some folding/stirring to get them well incorporated.
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On a floured surface (a piece of parchment paper works great), dump out your dough and pat into a 8" round. Cut into 8 pie wedges. Transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet and leave 1/2"-1" between each slice.
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Brush the top of each scone with the remaining 2 TBSP of heavy cream and sprinkle liberally with coarse sugar.
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Bake for 17-20 minutes until lightly browned. Let cool!
With Love, Jennifer
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I can’t recall the last time I had a scone, much less a blueberry one. Ship some our way, please?!
These look so yummy! I always like berry picking, it’s such an essential summer thing to do!
Blueberries are so good for you! They are full of vitamins and other healthy things so putting them in a scone is brilliant! Sounds delicious!
These look beautiful. Growing up, my mom had a similar recipe, but I’m sure they’re even better with fresh berries!
Yum-o! I LOVE blueberry scones! I’ve never made them before, but I’m pinning this for future reference! Baking is my favorite thing to do in the kitchen and these sound/look amazing!
Yum!! I love blueberry scones! These look so delicious <3
These look great, now I wonder if I can make this allergen friendly for us. 🙂
These look so good! Like better than what’s at starbucks good! Can these be made with other berries?
Absolutely…especially something like raspberries!
I love Blueberries and pinned your recipe. Can’t wait to try it!
Yumm.. This recipe looks so delicious! I would love to try out your recipe!
I loooove blueberries and scones! Thanks so much for the recipe – will try!
My husband loves blueberry. I plan to make it for him. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
i’m going to make these right now!! Found you on Wonderful Wednesday’s Link Party!! Thanks for sharing and I will be featuring you and your recipe on my blog this coming week!!
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Your scones look wonderful, Jennifer! There’s something so nice about going berry picking and then making something so tasty with the fruit. Thank you for sharing with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop.
I absolutely love scones and fresh blueberries just make them all the more better! 🙂 I found you over at Friendship Friday blog party. Thanks for sharing!