Recipe
Start Your Morning Right with These Glazed Blueberry Scones
Since we all know breakfast is the best meal of the day (don’t argue with me on this, at least not until you’ve tried the Waffle House All-Star Breakfast), I thought it would be perfect to dedicate an article to my mom’s blueberry scones, complete with a lemon glaze. These sweet babies were a childhood staple of mine, and they’re perfect for anyone who wants to master a fairly simple recipe that’ll have your friends thinking you’re the next Duff Goldman.
Give this blueberry scone recipe a test run, and in no time you’ll be putting all your local cafés and coffee shops to shame.
Blueberry Scones
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter cold cut into chunks
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries lightly dusted with flour
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While your scones are in the oven, go ahead and throw together this simple lemon glaze that'll take your scones from good to great.
Lemon Glaze
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups confectioners sugar sifted
- Zest one lemon finely grated
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
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Voila! Now you have some delicious blueberry scones that you can serve up for a game day brunch, enjoy on a leisurely morning in with your roommates, or even freeze and heat up later when you're in a bind and don’t have time to make the breakfast spread you deserve. Though a little time consuming, once you get the hang of this fantastic recipe, it’s a piece of cake (or, I guess, scone…whatever).