Tangy lemon glazed blueberry scones recipe are moist, buttery, and bursting with fresh berries. An easy homemade treat for afternoon tea.
Author:FillMyRecipeBook
Prep Time:15 min
Cook Time:20 min
Total Time:35 min
Yield:8 or more
Category:Desserts
Method:Oven cook and baking
Ingredients
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2cups of flour
1 Tablespoon of baking powder
1/2 a teaspoon of salt
2 Tablespoons of brown sugar
5 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, cold and in chunks
1 lemon zested
1cup of fresh blueberries
1cup of full cream
Glaze
Juice from the one lemon
1cup of fine powder sugar or icing sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200 de. C (400 deg. F)
With your mixer bowl, sift the dry ingredients, the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
Add this bowl to the mixer, and add the cold butter chunks. Mix on medium speed until course crumbs start to form. This should take about 2 and a bit minutes.
Add the lemon zest and mix then add your heavy full cream in and mix on low.
Finely add in the blueberries and mix slowly until all the mix has been almost all incorporated. (trying not to break up all the blueberries).
Flour your working surface add your dough mix, and form into a circle of about half an inch thick.
With a knife cut your equal pieces (about 8 )
On your baking sheet add your pieces you cut out. Use some cream to brush the top of the scones, and place in the heated oven.
Bake for about 20 minutes, and leave to cool on a rack before adding the lemon glazing.
While the scones cool, mix the lemon juice, with the sugar, and mix well until all has been incorporated.
Glaze the scones when cool and serve for a delicious tea time, treat.