USDA MEDIAN BERRY · 12.7 mm · 1.5 gFREE · NO SIGN-UP
RecipesArticlesMethodologyAbout
Home / Recipes / Baked Goods
Baked Goods

Blueberry Cream Scones

Prep15 min
Cook22 min
Total37 min
Yield8 scones
DifficultyMedium

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cupgranulated sugar
  • 1 tbspbaking powder
  • 1/2 tspfine salt
  • 1/2 cupcold unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1 cupfresh blueberries≈ 99 median blueberries
  • 3/4 cupheavy cream, plus 2 tbsp for brushing
  • 1large egg
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 2 tbspcoarse sugar (for topping)

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment.
  2. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
  3. Add cold cubed butter. Use your fingertips or a pastry cutter to work it in until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs with some pea-sized butter pieces remaining.
  4. Gently toss the blueberries into the flour mixture.
  5. Whisk the 3/4 cup cream, egg, and vanilla in a separate bowl. Pour into the flour and stir with a fork until a shaggy dough forms.
  6. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Pat — don't roll — into an 8-inch disc about 1 inch thick. Cut into 8 wedges with a sharp knife.
  7. Transfer wedges to the baking sheet, spacing them 2 inches apart. Brush tops with the extra cream and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
  8. Bake for 20–22 minutes, until the tops are golden and the edges look set. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

  • Keep everything cold. Warm butter = flat scones.
  • Frozen blueberries work — use straight from the freezer, do not thaw.
A 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberriesA 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberries