Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze

Tyler Florence

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence

Show: Food 911Episode: B&B Breakfast

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Total Time:
40 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
20 min
Yield:
8 scones
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

Blueberry Scones:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut in chunks
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 1 cup heavy cream, plus more for brushing the scones

Lemon Glaze:

  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 1 lemon, zest finely grated

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Sift together the dry ingredients; the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Using 2 forks or a pastry blender, cut in the butter to coat the pieces with the flour. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs. Fold the blueberries into the batter. Take care not to mash or bruise the blueberries because their strong color will bleed into the dough. Make a well in the center and pour in the heavy cream. Fold everything together just to incorporate; do not overwork the dough.

Press the dough out on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle about 12 by 3 by 1 1/4 inches. Cut the rectangle in 1/2 then cut the pieces in 1/2 again, giving you 4 (3-inch) squares. Cut the squares in 1/2 on a diagonal to give you the classic triangle shape. Place the scones on an ungreased cookie sheet and brush the tops with a little heavy cream. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until beautiful and brown. Let the scones cool a bit before you apply the glaze.

You can make the lemon glaze in a double boiler, or for a simpler alternative, you can zap it in the microwave. Mix the lemon juice with the confectioners' until dissolved in a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water for the double-boiler method, or in a microwave-safe bowl. Whisk in the butter and lemon zest. Either nuke the glaze for 30 seconds or continue whisking in the double boiler. Whisk the glaze to smooth out any lumps, then drizzle the glaze over the top of the scones. Let it set a minute before serving.

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  • on May 18, 2012

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    Wow. I wasn't expecting these to be as amazing as they were. I added a bit more heavy cream and also some lemon zest to the batter. And the icing was perfectly made in the microwave, with only half the lemon juice the recipe called for. I also didn't have a problem with the frozen blueberries I used.

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  • on May 09, 2012

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    Very delicious! I can only find frozen blueberries, so I used them anyway... the dough turned out a bit soggy so I shaped it lightly with my hands and the scone turned out tasty in spite of it all.

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  • on May 01, 2012

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    Very good scones! The glaze was delicious BUT made way too much. You could easily cut glaze recipe in half, unless you want extra for something else. The glaze was very thin and sunk into the scones instead of adhering to the surface, like I would have rather had.

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