Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze

Hello internet...today's recipe is a delicious recipe taken from Tyler Florence. The inspiration to make them came from a Saturday evening dinner with good friends of ours, Elena and Danilo. We hadn't seen them in a while, and since we're all quite broke, we decided to stay in and make dinner. They planned to have breakfast for dinner, which was fine by us! They made eggs, bacon, & hash browns. Our (myself and the boy) contribution were the scones...a nice finish to a more savoy dinner.

Scone Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut in chunks
• 1 cup heavy cream, plus more for brushing the scones
• 1 cup fresh blueberries

Lemon Glaze Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 lemon, zest finely grated
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter

Directions for Scones:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.

• Cube the butter into small pieces and make sure they are very cold. I put them in the freezer for a few minutes after I cut the pieces.

• Cut the cold butter into the flour mixture using a pastry blender; coat the pieces of butter with the flour. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs.

• Make a well in the center and pour in the heavy cream.
• Gently fold everything together just to incorporate; do not overwork the dough.
• Carefully fold the blueberries into the batter taking care not to mash or bruise the blueberries because their strong color will bleed into the dough.

• Press the dough out on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle about 12" x 3" x 1 1/4".
• Cut the rectangle in 1/2 then cut the pieces in 1/2 again, giving you 4 (3-inch) squares.
• Cut the squares in 1/2 on a diagonal to give you the classic triangle shape.

• Place the scones on an ungreased cookie sheet and brush the tops with a little heavy cream.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until beautiful and brown. Let the scones cool a bit before you apply the glaze.

Directions for Glaze

• Mix the lemon juice and confectioners' sugar together in a microwave-safe bowl until the sugar dissolves.
• Add the lemon zest and butter.
• Microwave on high 30 seconds.
• Whisk the glaze to smooth out any lumps, then drizzle the glaze over the top of the scones.
• Let it set a minute before serving.
• Note on the glaze: this recipe makes a lot of glaze, so you can safely half this recipe and still have plenty leftover!

I hope you enjoy this post! Cheers!