These Blueberry Drop Scones use seasonal blueberries, there is no shaping required and they are absolutely delicious. Make a batch soon for an upcoming brunch or afternoon tea!
What are Drop Scones?
If you’ve never made or heard of a drop scone, you’re missing out! As much as I love my Light and Fluffy Scones, these are no fuss scones. Regular scones require a little bit of kneading and then shaping into the desired shape or cut out. Drop scones are simply mixed by hand and then spooned onto a baking tray with a tablespoon. Easy!
What are These Scones Like
- Difficulty – Unlike most scones, you don’t have to shape these which makes them very easy to make. The batter comes together quickly and you just spoon them onto a baking tray.
- Taste – These scones are light with a crusted top. They are not sweet and are bursting with fresh blueberries.
- Serving – This recipe makes eight good sized scones. In the recipe card you can easily adjust the serving size to scale the recipe up or down.
Ingredients
- Flour – These scones use all purpose flour or plain flour.
- Sugar – A small amount of granulated white sugar is used to help balance out the flavours.
- Salt – Just regular table salt is used to help enhance flavours.
- Baking powder – This is the rising agent used. Make sure your baking powder hasn’t expired or you won’t achieve the desired results!
- Butter – For scones it’s always best to use cold butter.
- Milk – I used whole dairy milk for these scones.
- Glaze – I made a simple wash of egg yolk and milk to brush the scones before they were baked. This gives them a golden top!
- Blueberries – Fresh blueberries will work best for these scones.
NOTE, Full recipe and instructions can be found in the recipe card at the end of the post.
Instructions
- Preheat oven – Preheat your oven to 425F. Grease a large baking tray and set aside.
- Combine dry ingredients – In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk together.
- Add butter – Cut in the butter in cubes. Using your fingers, combine it into the flour mixture. It will be crumbly.
- Add blueberries – Add the blueberries and toss to combine into the dry ingredients.
- Pour milk – Slowly start pouring in the milk, mixing as you add it in. You just need the dough to come together and it will be quite sticky.
- Mound scones onto baking tray – Spoon the batter onto the greased baking tray in big mounds. I made eight large scones.
- Brush with egg wash – Whisk together the egg with milk and brush the tops of the scones.
- Bake – Bake between 12 โ 15 minutes or until puffed up and golden.
- Cool and serve – Remove from oven and allow to cool. Can be served straight away and will keep up to two days in an airtight container.
Recipe Notes
- Get organised – Get all your ingredients, baking equipment, spoons and whatever else necessary for the recipe before starting. This will always make the baking experience better!
- Measure correctly – I always recommend measuring ingredients correctly to ensure you have the best chance at the results you’re looking for!
- Add blueberries to dry ingredients – Make sure to add the blueberries before you add the milk. This will ensure the blueberries don’t sink in the scones.
- Use cold butter – Always use cold butter in scones. This help create air pockets as the butter melts as the scones bake. This helps create a lighter texture associated with scones.
Substitutions and Flavour Changes
- Blueberries – I used fresh blueberries for these scones. Frozen blueberries will work as well, just be sure to add them frozen. This is important otherwise the colour of the blueberries will colour the scone batter.
- Other berries – You can easily use raspberries or strawberries for these scones to change the flavour. If using strawberries be sure to cut them into small pieces. You can also check out my Strawberry Cream Scones.
Serving and Storage
- Serving – Serve these scones up with some delicious Homemade Lemon Curd, jam, butter, clotted cream, whipped cream or just on their own.
- Storage – These scones will keep for about two days in an airtight container at room temperature. You can freeze them in a freezer safe container for up to two months.
Frequently Asked Questions
Some common reasons for dense scones are not using enough baking powder, overworking the dough and not baking with the oven at the correct temperature.
This is generally because you overworked the dough. Take care in working with scone dough so you donโt end up with tough scones.
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Blueberry Drop Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp granulated white sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- ยฝ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp butter cold
- โ cup milk
- 1 egg yolk plus 1 tbsp milk to glaze
- 1 cup blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425F. Grease a large baking tray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk together.
- Cut in the butter in cubes. Using your fingers, combine it into the flour mixture. It will be crumbly.
- Add the blueberries and toss to combine into the dry ingredients.
- Slowly start pouring in the milk, mixing as you add it in. You just need the dough to come together and it will be quite sticky.
- Spoon the batter onto the greased baking tray in big mounds. I made eight large scones.
- Whisk together the egg with milk and brush the tops of the scones.
- Bake between 12 โ 15 minutes or until puffed up and golden.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool. Can be served straight away and will keep up to two days in an airtight container.
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Delicious, moist and flavorful. I did add a sugar glaze as we like sweet things.
Can I use frozen blueberries?
Yes, no problem. Just make sure to add them into the dough frozen!
Thank you!!!
CAn these be made in the air fryer? Thanks
Hi Susan, Sorry they have not been tested in an air fryer. So, I’m not certain what the results would be. Hope this helps.
I made this and added a little sour dough starter to it. It turned great.
That sounds like a great addition Elizabeth. Thanks for trying out the recipe and taking you own spin on it!
I made these and they turned out fantastic! I did add splash more milk. For the glaze I mixed powdered sugar with a splash of half and half. This is an awesome recipe. I also used fresh blueberries and rasberries!
That’s really great Laura. Thanks so much for your kind feedback.
Hi is the batter suppose to be in tack or loose? Still had dry ingredients at the bottom of bol. What did I do wrong? Thanks
This should be very thick, almost like a cookie dough that you could drop by a spoon. Maybe you didn’t stir it long enough? Just stir until ingredients are incorporated. I hope this helps Nat.
I havenโt made this recipe yet. Can you use 2% milk or almond milk instead of regular milk?
Hi Bev, I not tried almond milk but 2% would work for sure. I hope this helps.
Great recipe- quick and easy. Ended up using heavy cream instead of milk. Grated the butter. Turned out very fluffy!
That’s great Jean. Happy you liked the scones and thanks for you kind words.
Making these this Saturdayโฆcan I make the dough the night before?
Because this uses baking powder, the dough has to be made before baking. I hope this helps.