“Snack”urday: Lemon Blueberry Scones

It is nice to escape reality from time to time. I sometimes wake up in the morning and grab my cup of fresh coffee and a delicious fresh baked treat. I sit in my chair on the patio and listen to the birds chirp, the breeze blowing across my face. Then the sound of shrill screams followed by “MMMOOOMMM! She took my video game!” Hey, I didn’t say it was perfect. It is just the life of a mom.

I love to have some kind of fresh baked treat for breakfast on the weekends. It is so nice to sleep in and wake up to a nice fresh cup of coffee with a tasty treat, even if it is accompanied by the everyday screams of siblings.

Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy some of these delicious Lemon Blueberry Scones this weekend.

Lemon Blueberry Scones

2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
6 tbsp butter, chilled cut in chunks
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp lemon zest
1 cup frozen blueberries

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add cut butter to the flour mixture, tossing to coat.
Using your fingertips, rub the butter into the flour until mixture is sandy and butter is well distributed, with no pieces larger than a big pea.
Stir in milk, lemon juice and lemon zest and stir until dough comes together. If dough is too wet, add an additional tablespoon of flour to the dough.
Turn your dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead dough for about 1 minute.
Flatten dough and add blueberries. Knead gently for 30-60 seconds to distribute them.
Divide dough into two balls and press each into a disc about 3/4-inch thick.
Use a knife to divide each disc into quarters and place scones on prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 17-22 minutes, until scones are golden brown.

Lemon Glaze (optional)

1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar

Whisk glaze ingredients together until smooth, then drizzle over still-warm scones before serving.

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Comments

su says:

May 14, 2011 at 7:21 am

I didn’t have ingredients for this recipe; however, I made the cinn rolls(w/Bisquick) this morn. Again, didn’t have cream cheese for top…anyway, kids thought they were a hit.
Quick & easy and pretty tasty. I used powdered sugar w/milk & some extra cinn for topping.
thx

su says:

May 14, 2011 at 7:21 am

I didn’t have ingredients for this recipe; however, I made the cinn rolls(w/Bisquick) this morn. Again, didn’t have cream cheese for top…anyway, kids thought they were a hit.
Quick & easy and pretty tasty. I used powdered sugar w/milk & some extra cinn for topping.
thx

Kriss K says:

May 14, 2011 at 11:43 am

I made these this morning immediatly when I saw this recipe…I didn’t have frozen blueberries I had fresh ones, so I was just a bit more light with kneading them in…they were so good with out the glaze…was a great treat with my coffee..

Kriss K says:

May 14, 2011 at 11:43 am

I made these this morning immediatly when I saw this recipe…I didn’t have frozen blueberries I had fresh ones, so I was just a bit more light with kneading them in…they were so good with out the glaze…was a great treat with my coffee..

TracyP says:

May 29, 2011 at 9:46 am

I just made these and they are WONDERFUL. I am sitting on the patio, sipping coffee and eating scones. What delightful laxy Sunday it is. Thanks so much for the recipe.

TracyP says:

May 29, 2011 at 9:46 am

I just made these and they are WONDERFUL. I am sitting on the patio, sipping coffee and eating scones. What delightful laxy Sunday it is. Thanks so much for the recipe.