I’m a sucker for miniature food.
Bite-sized morsels taste better, somehow, and these mini-scones are no exception.
The recipe is remarkably similar to my cranberry orange scone recipe, but these are improved by, well, tininess.
If captioned cat photos on the internet were edible, they’d taste like blueberry lemon mini scones.
They’re just so cute. I want to hug them with my teeth.
Continue reading for the Blueberry Lemon Mini Scones recipe
Blueberry Lemon Mini Scones
Author: Adapted from Gourmet, May 1997
Recipe type: Breakfast
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Servings: 32
Sweet, tangy blueberries are kissed with tart lemon and baked into tender, delicate mini-scones.
Ingredients
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick cold butter, cut into bits
- Zest of two lemons
- 1¼ cups fresh blueberries, coarsely chopped
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400° and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In the food processor pulse flour, ½ cup sugar, baking powder, salt, butter, and zest until the mixture resembles coarse meal, and transfer it to a large bowl.
- Toss the chopped blueberries with 3 tablespoons of sugar and stir into the flour mixture.
- Lightly beat the egg and the yolk and stir in the cream. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just combined.
- On a well-floured surface with floured hands pat the dough into a ½-inch-thick round (about 10 inches in diameter) and with a 1-inch round cutter or rim of a shot glass dipped in flour cut out as many rounds as possible, re-rolling scraps as necessary. The dough will be quite wet. Arrange rounds about 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper and bake in the middle of the oven for 7 minutes, or until pale golden.
- Or you can freeze the pre-baked scones on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. As soon as the scones are frozen solid, seal them in a zip-top freezer bag. When you’re ready to bake them, remove them from the freezer and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 400°, and thaw the scones just as long as it takes the oven to preheat. Bake for 10 minutes, or until pale golden.
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I love anything miniature too. This looks really good too.
& love blueberries. I have to try this.
I love this combination of Blueberry and Lemon in your scones
they look delicious. Hope you have a fabulous week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
These look delicious!! I love a good scone. I’d love to have you link this up to Tasty Thursdays on The Mandatory Mooch. http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2012/08/tasty-thursdays-2.html
Thanks, Nichi
Yum. Things definitely taste better in mini form. I came from addicted to recipes. These look so good.
thy look wonderful!
Yeah, I’m a sucker for miniature stuff, but I’m also a sucker for scones. Can’t pass them up! These look so good, sort of wish I had several to eat with my coffee!
These look awesome! And blueberry/lemon is my new favorite combo! Thanks for sharing at Must Try Monday!
You make me smile
Those look absolutely wonderful and I truly love blueberries and lemons. YUM
I’m a sucker too for minis. These look lovely!