Lemon Glazed Berry Scones

by Two Peas on January 12, 2009

I love making special breakfast treats on weekends. During the week I eat breakfast at work. I usually have a bowl of cereal or oatmeal. Don’t get me wrong, I love cereal and oatmeal, but sometimes I want something special. Good thing we have Saturdays and Sundays:)

I recently tried a new scone recipe. We love scones at our house. I usually make one of Dorie’s recipes, but this time I tried a more rustic scone from Tyler Florence. His recipe called for blueberries and an orange glaze, but I changed it up a bit.

I used frozen mixed berries, we have a huge bag in our freezer from Costco:) I also used lemon zest in the dough mix and did a lemon glaze. These scones were super easy to mix up! You just drop the dough onto the baking sheet too! You don’t have to worry about cutting them into triangles, etc.

My berries juiced a little bit so the scones were colorful…pink, purple, blue! They were kind of pretty that way though! I loved all of the berries and the lemon glaze was a nice finishing touch! It made quite a few scones so I put some in the freezer. When we are in the mood for a treat I just heat them up in the oven!

Lemon Glazed Berry Scones

Adapted from Tyler Florence

2 cups unbleached flour, plus more for rolling berries
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup sugar

Zest of one lemon
1/4 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut in chunks
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1 pint berries (I used mixed frozen berries)
Turbinado Sugar, for sprinkling on scones

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and zest; mix thoroughly. Cut in butter using 2 forks or a pastry blender. The butter pieces should be coated with flour and resemble crumbs.

In another bowl, mix buttermilk and egg together, and then add to the flour mixture. Mix just to incorporate, do not overwork the dough.
Roll berries in flour to coat, this will help prevent the fruit from sinking to the bottom of the scone when baked. Fold the blueberries into batter, being careful not to bruise. Drop large tablespoons of batter on an ungreased cookie sheet. I used my Silpat! Sprinkle scones with Turbinado sugar.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until brown. Cool before applying the lemon glaze.

Lemon Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
2 lemons, juiced and zested

To prepare Glaze: combine sugar, zest, and juice and whisk until smooth. Drizzle or brush on top of scones.

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Pam — January 12, 2009 @ 9:22 am

Now this is my kind of breakfast! I have a huge bag of mixed berries in my freezer – I guess I know what I’ll be making with them.
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ttfn300 — January 12, 2009 @ 10:06 am

those look fantastic! the weekends are a great time to indulge at breakfast
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Liz — January 12, 2009 @ 10:06 am

I love lemon! These look great!
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Erica — January 12, 2009 @ 10:16 am

They look awesome! I love scones! They are such a delicious and dense breakfast treat! I like the idea of the glaze too. Yayy for the weekend!
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Culinarywannabe — January 12, 2009 @ 11:24 am

The bursting fruit makes them look so special. I’ve never made scones at home for fear they will turn out like hockey pucks. I will have to give these a shot sometime though.
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Amber — January 12, 2009 @ 1:33 pm

Ooohhh? I like berries and lemon together. And I love scones. Actually this coming Saturday will be my first day alone (1 day a week as back up) doing bookkeeping in our small office next to my boss. I will be there before him and need something to suck up a little with sitting on his desk when he gets there. Yes I am not against sucking up, just in a fun way. These just might do the trick. Thanks.
And no, don’t waste the butter on those cookies. I actually ate half of one and threw them all away.
Everytime I see your wedding photo, it makes me miss being in love. I am so happy for you.
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Sara — January 12, 2009 @ 1:41 pm

These are really pretty, I haven’t made scones in ages. I always keep berries in the freezer, they’re good for so many things!
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Aggie — January 12, 2009 @ 1:54 pm

Oh love those berries in there! And I bet the lemon glaze went perfectly with them. YUM!
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The Blonde Duck — January 12, 2009 @ 2:42 pm

I’ve never made scones. You made it look so simple! And berries–drool!
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Maria — January 12, 2009 @ 2:55 pm

We always keep frozen berries on hand! When fresh ones are on sale, I buy a lot and freeze them, or just go to Costco for the big old bag!

Amber-thanks for the warning on the cookies! I am glad you like our wedding picture. It was a perfect day. You are so sweet!

Blonde Duck-You have never made scones? You gotta try them girl!
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Dawn — January 12, 2009 @ 3:00 pm

And these are portable for taking to work! That’s the kind of breakfasts I love to have around.
I have way too many bags of frozen berries in the freezer.
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Mila — January 12, 2009 @ 3:19 pm

These look awesome!
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Rosa's Yummy Yums — January 12, 2009 @ 3:33 pm

Extremely yummy! I love scones, berries and lemon!

Cheers,

Rosa
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Mary Ann — January 12, 2009 @ 3:39 pm

Those scones look so good. I could eat one right now and be really happy!
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CookiePie — January 12, 2009 @ 3:54 pm

Those look great! I bet they were spectacular with a hot cup of coffee
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Grace — January 12, 2009 @ 4:21 pm

beautiful berries, and as a rule, i think glaze escalates food beauty to another level. fantastic.
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Kathy_in_Colorado — January 12, 2009 @ 4:22 pm

These look and sound delicious – I would mind the berries juicing – I like the idea of pink muffins or whatever color I am using

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The Sugar Fairy — January 12, 2009 @ 4:26 pm

Berries and lemon – very summery! These will brighten up anyones morning:)
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anudivya — January 12, 2009 @ 5:04 pm

How did I miss this!
They look rustic and beautiful… and that glaze is to die for.
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Erica — January 12, 2009 @ 5:34 pm

Hey! I hope today went well! Are you going to post your soup recipe ??
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Meg — January 12, 2009 @ 5:48 pm

I love scones and these look quite delicious!
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n.o.e — January 12, 2009 @ 5:53 pm

Maria, these look great! Love lemon + berries.
Nancy
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Jan — January 12, 2009 @ 6:01 pm

I love scones, and these look fabulous. I’m sure a lemon glaze would be much nicer than orange.
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Bridgett — January 12, 2009 @ 6:32 pm

Perfect! I just came across this recipe of Tyler’s so I am glad to see someone tried it out with success. I love a good scone.
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Girl Japan — January 12, 2009 @ 7:11 pm

Oh.. I could have scones any time. I LOVE the last photo.. fantastic. They have and will fill each bite with berry’s… YUM
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Pamela — January 12, 2009 @ 7:32 pm

Yum! The idea of all of the berries and the lemon glaze just has me wishing there were some in my freezer right now!
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Leslie — January 12, 2009 @ 7:40 pm

mmm..I am a sucker for scones!
Love these
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Mary — January 12, 2009 @ 8:00 pm

These really look delicious. What a great way to start the day.
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Bunny — January 12, 2009 @ 8:52 pm

They look so good it just makes you want to pick one from the screen and eat it!!
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mikky — January 12, 2009 @ 11:37 pm

mmm… just perfect with my cup of tea…
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The Caked Crusader — January 13, 2009 @ 1:26 am

That glaze has worked brilliantly – they’re so glossy!
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Cakelaw — January 13, 2009 @ 1:55 am

I like scones – and these look absolutely super! Berries and lemon together is a wonderful combination.
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Natashya — January 13, 2009 @ 5:11 am

This is exactly what I want to make this week. I have lots of berries in the freezer and am always looking for interesting things to offer my commuters for breakie.
Very pretty!
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VeggieGirl — January 13, 2009 @ 5:53 am

lovely scones!!
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Sara — January 13, 2009 @ 7:16 am

Yum! These look so good! I might have to make some scones here soon…
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Allie — January 13, 2009 @ 8:09 am

They look awesome! Thank goodness for weekends!!
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Karen — January 13, 2009 @ 10:04 am

I love that big bag of mixed fruit from Costco – you can do so much with it. The scones look yummy!
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Katrina — January 13, 2009 @ 6:03 pm

I love Tyler! These look SO good!
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Reeni♥ — January 13, 2009 @ 8:31 pm

Those look so delicious! I love that you can drop them.
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Laura — January 15, 2009 @ 8:14 am

Now I gotta have those!