Lemon Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze (Easy Recipe)

These little quick breads are delicious with your morning coffee or afternoon tea.

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• ❤️ Why you'll love it
• 🧾 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• How to cut, bake, and glaze scones
• Scone shapes
• 🥫 Storage
• 📖 Variations
• 💭 Things to know
• 👩‍🍳 FAQs
• 📚 Related recipes
• 🍽️ Serve with...
• 📞 The last word
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

❤️ Why you'll love it

• Super easy recipe, even if it's your first time baking sweets
• A perfect addition to your morning coffee or tea (or milk for the kiddos!)
• Homemade scones taste better than the ones from your favorite coffee shop—and are much cheaper, too

Scones are merely a dressed-up version of good, ole southern biscuits!

Easy lemon blueberry scones are oh-so flaky and studded with plump, juicy blueberries in each sweet, crumbly bite.

With simple prep-ahead options, a whisper of bright lemon zest, and a dreamy lemon glaze, this is truly the best lemon blueberry scone recipe ever!

🧾 Ingredients

This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.

🔪 Instructions

This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.

1. Mix the flour, salt, baking powder, lemon zest, and sugar in a large bowl. Grate the frozen butter into the dry ingredients.
2. Add the milk and berries and combine.
3. Mix gently until the dough holds together.
4. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Press dough down and pat out (gently!) to ¾ inch thickness.

How to cut, bake, and glaze scones

1. Cut in wedges or rounds.
2. Brush with egg yolk glaze. Bake.
3. While scones are baking mix the glaze ingredients together.
4. Spoon glaze over scones.

Scone shapes

Some are round and some are made into wedges. The wedges tend to get more of a crust while rounds have softer sides.

Use the shape you prefer.

Rounds

You don't need anything special to make these delicious scones but I like to make them bigger than I would biscuits.

So, would you like to know about my very fancy biscuit cutters?

I cut the tops and bottoms out of various sizes of cans! A tomato paste can is perfect for biscuits and a tomato sauce can is the size I use for my best scone recipes.

Wedges

You can also pat the dough into a circle and cut it into wedges with a butter knife. This gives you that classic triangle shape you might be used to seeing in bakery-shop windows.

Have a bench scraper in your kitchen drawer? That's a great way to both cut and transfer the blueberry scones from your work surface to the baking sheet.

Once the blueberry lemon scones are out of the oven, let them cool for a few minutes. Then, spoon the sweet lemon glaze over the top. Enjoy the warm scones, or let them cool and the glaze set—it's your choice!

🥫 Storage

Homemade blueberry scones are best the same day they are made, but you can keep leftovers for another day or so. Once they've cooled, store them in an airtight container and keep them at room temperature.

Want to make keep your sweet, tender scones a little longer? The best way to do so is in the freezer!

Wrap the treats in plastic wrap, then place them into another container or storage bag. Frozen, they'll last up to three months. Thaw at room temperature for an hour or so and enjoy!

Make-Ahead (The Night Before) Instructions

This is an easy recipe to make the night before, so you can just pop the scones in the oven the next morning and enjoy!

Prepare the dough, shape the scones, and cover them with plastic wrap (or put them in an airtight container with parchment between the layers.) Store in the refrigerator overnight.

In the morning, bake as directed and add the lemon glaze. Voila—fresh and easy lemon blueberry scones in just minutes!

Make-Ahead (Freezer) Instructions

It gets better! (I told you these are the best scones.) Flash-freeze the scones, unbaked, on a baking sheet or flat board.

Then, put the frozen scones in freezer bags with parchment between (or wrapped around) each scone. They'll keep for three months.

Whenever you're in the mood for scones, bake as many as you want. There's no need to thaw them first, but you may need to add three to five minutes to the baking time.

Here are more tips for freezing scones.

📖 Variations

• Fresh blueberries are best, but you can get away with frozen ones, too. Keep them frozen when adding them to the batter—no thawing.
• You can add in other berries if you have some! It's no use letting fresh raspberries or chopped strawberries go bad in the fridge.
• Use a little vanilla extract (a teaspoon or so) in the scone batter or the glaze for a creamier lemon flavor.
• Add a half cup of white chocolate chips or chopped chocolate into the dough for a sweet taste of creamy goodness.
• Orange zest and juice taste great in place of the lemon.
• If you don't like lemon, omit it from the recipe. Add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the dough instead for a warm flavor.
• Brush the tops of the scones with an egg wash and sprinkle them with coarse sugar. It makes them look pretty and gives a little extra texture. You can do this in place of or in addition to the tangy lemon glaze.

💭 Things to know

Expert Tip: The trick to making perfect, tender blueberry scones is to let them rest in the fridge for about 15-20 minutes before baking. This allows the gluten to relax and the butter to solidify again if it started to soften.

• Remember to wash your blueberries in advance of starting this recipe so that they have time to dry thoroughly.
• Scone dough should be soft and a tad sticky—don't worry, this is good!
• I like White Lily Flour—it's got less protein and is more delicate than other brands of all-purpose flour. This will make more delicate scones.
• Use either all-purpose flour or self-rising.
• If you use self-rising flour, remember not to add salt or baking powder.
• Freeze the butter before grating it. This makes it much easier to handle and keeps the butter from melting so your scones are extra flaky.
• Use a gentle hand when mixing up the butter/berry/flour mixture. You don't want to smush the blueberries!
• Like when making biscuits, don't twist the cutter as you press down into the dough. Simply apply gentle pressure straight down, and lift straight back up. This'll help scones (and biscuits) rise better.
• Don't roll or knead the scones—you want to handle them as little as possible.
• Brushing a little egg wash on top of the scones (an egg yolk blended with 1 teaspoon of water) gives them a pretty color after baking.

👩‍🍳 FAQs

Here are the questions I am most frequently asked about this recipe.

📚 Related recipes

• Starbucks Copycat Pumpkin Scones are full of buttery, autumn spices and taste so good with fall brunch—the maple glaze is *chef's kiss!*
• Easier than going to your local bakery, Blueberry White Chocolate Muffins have a tender, buttery texture and a crunchy crumble on top.
• Vanilla Bean Scones are perfect little bites that taste great for brunch, as an afternoon pick-me-up, or in the evening with tea!
• Like scones but acceptable with dinner, Southern Buttermilk Biscuits are full of homestyle flavor. They're so light and flaky!
• Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is one of my favorites for Sunday brunch. No one can resist the crunchy, sweet streusel on top!

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🍽️ Serve with...

• Devonshire Cream is delicious (and classic) dolloped on top of scones.
• Chicken Salad adds a savory element to any brunch or high tea
• Coffee Punch is a fun way to share a little caffeine with a crowd!

📞 The last word

When I'm not making my raspberry thumbprint scones I'm making this fluffy, bakery style recipe!

A lemon blueberry scones recipe.

Doesn't that seem like the perfect beginning of a summer adventure in a book? 

I always imagine my favorite scones sitting on a farm table made of warm wood in a yellow and white kitchen. Nothing modern in sight.

No matter when I make them it's always summer in my head while I'm nibbling on them!

Try this copycat Starbuck's blueberry scones recipe soon, who knows? You might find that they really are the springboard to an adventure!

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📖 Recipe

This recipe has been updated from the original August 2013 version to improve the instructions and images. Last updated April 26,2023 with new images, more tips, and better information.