Raspberry Thumbprint Scones

Get these easy pastries perfectly buttery and flaky with my tips! You might also like these lemon blueberry scones or my favorite strawberry recipes.

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• ❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
• 🧾 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• 🥄 Cook along!
• 🥫 Storage
• 💭 Tips for success
• 👩🏻‍🍳 Frequently asked questions
• 📚 Related recipes
• 📖 Recipe
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe

Starbucks Copycat Raspberry Thumbprint Scones are buttery and rich with a bite of tangy raspberry jam in the center. They're just right for a special breakfast, brunch, or tea and they take just minutes to make!

So good!

🧾 Ingredients

These flaky British style pastries are absolutely the best! Use whatever kind of jam you like - you can't go wrong.

🔪 Instructions

Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the green recipe card below.

1. Grate the ice cold butter.
2. Mix the dry ingredients and the sugar and add the butter into it.
3. Mix gently to coat.
4. Mix in the butter well until it looks like small pebbles or peas. Add the cream and knead very gently just until dough holds together.

5. Pat out and cut into rounds.
6. Place on a baking sheet.
7. Press centers down gently with a spoon to make a depressed area to hold the raspberry jam. Sprinkle with a little sugar.
8. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, press the centers back down a little and add the raspberry jam. Bake for 5 more minutes, or until done.

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🥫 Storage

Scones are best if eaten the day they are made. Freeze them for longer storage.

To Freeze: Place raspberry scones in a single layer on a baking sheet and flash freeze. Then put them in a freezer container with sheets of waxed paper between the layers. This keeps the jam from sticking and getting messy.

Freeze for up to 3 months.

💭 Tips for success

Expert Tip: Let the raspberry thumbprint scones "rest" for 20 minutes before you bake them. This lets any gluten that has been developed chill out and relax. You'll get a more tender product.

• Work with chilled ingredients. If you have time put the flour mixture in the freezer for 10 minutes or so before you add the cold butter.
• Always use fresh, unsalted butter and only butter.
• Grating the butter is the secret to the amazing flavor and texture of this raspberry scone recipe.
• Press the centers down gently.
• Brush the tops with a little cream and then sprinkle with sugar crystals. The sugar adds a nice crunchy layer.
• If the room is warm let the unbaked scones "rest" in the refrigerator. Keep that dough cold!
• I used regular raspberry jam for these but you could use a seedless. You could also substitute any other kind of jam that you like. A drizzle of melted white chocolate is delicious on top and makes them even more special.

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Back in 2008, when I first wrote this post, I said - These are just like the raspberry scones at your favorite Starbucks — and maybe a bit better.

These were my favorite of all the Starbuck's scone recipes.

Back then Starbucks served up a similar scone and it was amazing. Now, almost everyone has forgotten these buttery pastries - but you can make them yourself with my recipe!

I don't know about you but sitting down to a warm scone and some tea sweeps me into the world of Jane Austen. I feel very ladylike, Victorian, and demure nibbling at the sweet edges and saving the luscious raspberry center for last. I tend to keep one eye on the door for Mr. Darcy...

📖 Recipe

First published November 14, 2008. Last updated January 21, 2021 to add step by step images, ingredient images, easier instructions, and better experience overall.