Easy Homemade Blackberry Scone recipe for buttery, soft & flavorful scones. Easily the best scone recipe ever! Good with blueberries & strawberries too!
I never really enjoyed scones until I made them myself. Homemade scones are so much better! This scone recipe is easy to make and results in soft, buttery scones. They’re not hard and dry like so many other scones I’ve tasted!
How to make the best scone recipe:
- Do NOT overmix! Just use a mixing bowl and a rubber scraper or spoon. Don’t use any type of en electric mixer as it’s incredibly easy to over mix the dough. Aim to mix the dough about 15 times and that’s it! I find it usually takes about 15 turns of the rubber scraper to get the ingredients incorporated.
- Grating the butter really makes your life so much easier. I promise! It’s super fast and works really, really well for scone recipes. Just use a basic cheese grater and make sure your butter is cold. I pull a cube of butter from the freezer for this step, but refrigerated butter works well too. Grated butter adds a wonderful texture and flavor to these scones.
- Remember that the dough will be STICKY. Sticky dough yields soft, delicate scones with amazing texture. Don’t add a lot of flour when you’re patting the dough out and cutting it into triangles. Yes it gets a bit messy. It’s okay, it will all be worth it! I like to spray my countertop with non-stick spray before I transfer the dough out on top of it, so that I use even less added flour.
- As with most baked goods, be sure to not over bake! That’s one quick way to have hard, dry scones, blech!
Blackberry Vanilla Scone Recipe Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make this recipe for Blackberry Vanilla Scones:
–2 cups all-purpose flour
–1/3 cup + 2 TBSP sugar
–1 teaspoon baking powder
–1/4 teaspoon baking soda
–1/2 teaspoon salt
–1/2 cup butter, frozen or very cold
–1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
–1 large egg
–1 TBSP good quality vanilla
–1 cup fresh blackberries, washed and patted dry
Can I use frozen berries?
Yes, you can use frozen berries to make scones. Just run the frozen berries under warm water to partially thaw them and proceed with the recipe.
Can I use a different berry to make scones?
Yes, you can use blueberries, strawberries (diced), raspberries, or even a combination of all of them! Just make sure you use 1 cup total of berries.
How to make Scones
- First you’ll want to preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour mixture using the large holes of a box grater (mixture should resemble coarse meal.) This step sounds difficult but it’s easy- your hands just get a bit buttery. It takes about a couple minutes to grate the entire cube of frozen butter.
- Add in the sour cream, vanilla and egg and stir until dough pulls from the side of the bowl and there are no crumbs on the bottom. Dough will be somewhat firm and sticky, but still manageable.
- Add in the fresh blackberries. Now some of the berries will burst and the dough will turn a bit purple- this is okay! Stir gently until most of the berries are incorporated. Flour a counter top and use your hands to shape the dough into a circle that’s about 1″ thick. If some of the berries escape just squish them back in- it’s a very technical process. 😉 Your hands will get purple and messy- just dig deep and let your inner child enjoy this part!
- Once you’ve got the dough in a decent circular shape, use a pizza cutter to cut the circle in half through the center, then again on the opposite side. Make 2 more cuts across the circle diagonally. You should have made 4 cuts and have 8 pieces.
- Use your hands or a spatula to transfer each scone to a greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with the remaining 2 TBSP sugar, if desired. You can also use coarse sugar or turbinado sugar in this step.
- Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes in a 400 degree F oven. Cool for 5 minutes. Top with vanilla glaze and enjoy warm!
Blackberry Vanilla Scone Recipe
Easy Homemade Blackberry Scone recipe for buttery, soft & flavorful scones. Easily the best scone recipe ever! Good with blueberries & strawberries too!
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Servings: 8
Calories: 381kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup + 2 TBSP sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter frozen or very cold
- 1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- 1 egg large
- 1 TBSP vanilla extract
- 1 cup blackberries washed and patted dry
Easy Vanilla Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 TBSP melted butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1-2 TBSP milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour mixture using the large holes of a box grater (mixture should resemble coarse meal.) This step sounds difficult but it's easy- your hands just get a bit buttery. It takes about a couple minutes to grate the entire cube of frozen butter.
- Add in the sour cream, vanilla and egg and stir until dough pulls from the side of the bowl and there are no crumbs on the bottom. Dough will be somewhat firm and sticky, but still manageable.
- Add in the fresh blackberries. Now some of the berries will burst and the dough will turn a bit purple- this is okay! Stir gently until most of the berries are incorporated. Flour a counter top and use your hands to shape the dough into a circle that's about 1" thick. If some of the berries escape just squish them back in- it's a very technical process. 😉 Your hands will get purple and messy- just dig deep and let your inner child enjoy this part!
- Once you've got the dough in a decent circular shape, use a pizza cutter to cut the circle in half through the center, then again on the opposite side. Make 2 more cuts across the circle diagonally. You should have made 4 cuts and have 8 pieces.
- Place each piece on a greased cookie sheet and sprinkle with the remaining 2 TBSP sugar, if desired.
- Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes in a 400 degree F oven. Cool for 5 minutes.
- To make vanilla glaze, whisk ingredients together and drizzle over warm scones.
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Nutrition
Calories: 381kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 328mg | Potassium: 140mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 600IU | Vitamin C: 3.9mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1.7mg
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Shiloh Barkley says
Wow! Those look beautiful! My first post ever was chocolate cherry scones. I need. Make them again-and these! Pinning. Found you at weekend potluck!
themondaybox.com says
I love scones and these are beauties! The airiness crated by the grated butter must make these melt in your mouth. I can't wait to try them! Thanks. 🙂
Lisa @ Flour Me With Love says
These look amazing! We have blackberry bushes on our property so we'll be making these this summer! Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂
Carrie @ My Favorite Finds says
Don't those look delicious! Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects.
Jeni IGOTTHISMARTHA says
Yum! My little girl loves scones!! I will have to make these for her! I am pinning it!
Karly Campbell says
These are gorgeous! I have such a huge crush on scones. :)<br /><br />Thanks for linking up to What's Cookin' Wednesday!
Rita says
These look beautiful! My dad grows blackberries, so I can't wait to give these a try! Thanks for sharing.
Krista Low says
I love scones! These look wonderful. I just pinned these and can't wait to make them for my family 🙂 Krista @ http://ahandfulofeverything.blogspot.com
Jackie Kocurek says
Wow! This looks great! I found you from the Wednesday food party at Moms test kitchen. I would love for you to share at my party: http://rediscovermom.blogspot.com/2013/04/tried-and-true-recipes-6.html
Charlene says
These look awesome! I want to try these just for the grated butter idea! Pinned. Thanks so much for linking on Busy Monday!
Amber Brady says
Scones are the best & these look fabulous! I remember grabbing your card at BYBC 2013, but I am not sure if I met you… I do enjoy your blog though. Anyway, I would love it if you would come share this & any other recipes you may have over at my Sweet & Savory Saturday's Link Party. It ends Monday at midnight.<br /><br /> http://dessertnowdinnerlater.blogspot.com/2013/04/
Susan Perkins says
I made these over the weekend and they were amazing !! I did add a little more sugar and baking powder because I’ve been experimenting with different recipes and this is by far my favorite. Will made them again and again.
Jessica says
So glad you enjoyed them!!
Jessica says
So glad to hear you enjoyed them! Fresh scones are the BEST!
Ameridiem says
Ingredients dose wrong. A complete disaster! 🙁
Jessica says
I’m sorry the recipe didn’t turn out well for you. Perhaps try again and make sure you have the measurements correct?
Kimberly Monda says
These are amazing
Jessica says
So glad you enjoyed them Kimberly!
Kimberly Monda says
So good that I just had to make them again today!☺
Kimberly Monda says
Btw, I love your website and I refer to it for alot of different recipes.
Cheryl says
Just once, I’d like the end results of a recipe that I follow to the T to actually turn out the way it did for the original making of the recipe! I did everything it said to do and still ended up with a handful of flour crumbs and since I am a complete moron in the kitchen all I could think to do was put a bit of milk in it. Wonder if the high altitude that live in had anything to do with it. Thankfully I have guinea pigs for this recipe!
Jessica says
Hi Cheryl, I wish I knew what happened! If anything, these scones are usually overly wet, on the messy side. Did you use the whole cube of butter? I’m sorry- I wish I was more help!! 🙁
Erin says
I have made these 3x in 2 weeks with this great Blackberry season I’m having. Making a batch for co-workers right now. Last batch I used maple extract instead of the vanilla for the icing glaze. Added a nice touch. Yum!
Nellie says
Love the idea of using maple extract! So glad you enjoyed them!
JKristen says
I make these once a week. We love them! Thanks for sharing it 🙂