Kittencal's Jumbo Bakery Shop Blueberry Sour Cream Scones

These scones are WONDERFUL. I am enjoying one right now. I made them exactly as described (with the glaring error that I forgot the 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar). It did not seem to make any difference. I live in Jamaica where very cold butter doesn't stay very cold for long once it leaves the fridge, so I cut into very small cubes worked it in with a pastry blender and then finished mixing quickly with my fingers. Blueberries are hard to come by so I used orange flavoured craisins and I am sure I will try other variations. Forming the dough into a ball and cutting into wedges was very easy and they came out perfectly shaped, perfectly sized and perfectly delicious. No problem in handling at all. The texture is exactly what I expected and they are wonderful with a little lemon curd-another British delight-spread on them while still warm. I will definitely make these again and with any luck there will be some left tonight when my husband gets home.. Thank you Kittencal-wonderful, as always

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These are delicious! Great crust with a moist and fluffy middle. I took some to work and several people weren't familiar with scones at all; I would describe as a cross between a biscuit and a muffin. Mine crumbled slightly as I was eating but was moist enough I could squish the crumbs together with my fork and pick them up. I used about 1 1/2 cups of craisins and the zest of 2 lemons instead of blueberries and omitted the cinnamon but otherwise followed ingredients. Not quite enough cranberries or lemon for me so next time I'll double it or put in a cup of something else like white chocolate chips! I've never made scones but after looking at some other recipes another change I made was to put all of the flour mixture ingredients in the food processor and then pulse with frozen cubes of butter till it resembled meal rather than flour. The dough for me was very wet (could be preparation?) and resembled a thick muffin batter. Didn't even bother attempting to roll or knead it as it would have required adding a substantial amount of flour. I divided the "dough" and shaped triangles by hand on parchment paper. I baked half of the batter and am freezing (in triangle shapes) the rest to bake later. The six I baked were very large (one barely fit on a standard saucer) as they spread quite a bit in the oven. Unless the frozen ones don't spread, next time I'll make 16 scones from this recipe (or perhaps 18 as I plan to add another cup of ingredients).**UPDATE** Frozen scones were wonderful! I made 8 scones from the frozen dough (1/2 batch) and they were still large scones. I didn't change the oven temp but did leave them in the full 15 minutes. The frozen scones didn't seem to spread as much in the oven as the fresh ones but since I changed the size perhaps it just wasn't as obvious. One tip when freezing, they are still somewhat soft and sticky when fully frozen so if you want to stack them be sure to use wax paper between layers. I put mine in a single layer in freezer bags.***Update*** Made them for Christmas as cranberry lemon and used a large cookie scoop to portion them for goodie trays and baskets--of the dozen baked items, this was tied for first!

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Yay Kittencal! Once again, I am very pleased to give a 5 star review to one of your recipes. These were light, fluffy, tasty and, most important to me, not disgustingly sweet. I made these for a "tea party" on a cold, rainy day with my 3 year old son and his friend. They helped with the mixing and grating the frozen butter (a tip I got from Cook's Country magazine.) After tasting one, my son told me I was the "best cooker in the world." Thanks Kittencal for making our tea party tasty. :o)

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I was so concerned with over mixing the dough I don't think I mixed it enough.Because of this my dough was quite crumbly and it was hard to form into a nice round dough,my fault.But I managed to stick it all together and form scones.I had some strawberries that I needed to use up so I subbed them for the blueberries.I also sprinkled a cinnamon/sugar mixture on top before I baked them.These are very tasty,even with my crumbly dough.The almond extract is really nice in these also.

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Delicious! I added 3/4 bag of coconut and 3/4 bag of chocolate chips and they turned out great. I also kneaded the dough before rolling it out and it was super easy to work with. Will definitely make these again!!

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These are fantastic! I've made them with blueberries and with blackberries. They were both wonderful, though the time I made them with blackberries they were a little more moist than would be ideal. That was fine though. They still tasted lovely. Every time I make them I use your glaze. These are loved by everyone who tastes one.

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We LOVE this recipe! I've been making it for a couple years and always get rave reviews. The only thing that I do different is instead of the vanilla glaze I use a lime glaze... just powdered sugar, a little butter, and lime juice. It really sets off the blueberries and gives it a sweet and tart taste. I've also used yogurt or buttermilk instead of the sour cream and it works just as well.

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WOW, I had never made scones and am not much of a baker. My niece and I had a contest on whose scones were better, mine won hands down by a panel of judges(friends and family) she even liked them better than hers. I made cranberry orange scones.Great recipe, followed to the T, am making them as Christmas gifts this year!!!!!

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Yet another of your great recipes!! My 12 year old daughter made these to enter into the county fair this year and she won a state fair blue on them!!! We did not use the glaze just put on powdered sugar. She had a little trouble with some of them keeping their form and could be because we used frozen blueberries but the taste was outstanding. This is by far a great recipe and I will insist she keep working on them---hehehe so that we can still eat them :)

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I have made many scones in my life, and these are a gem. I only made a half recipe, and got one dozen scones out of the batch were a; they were a perfect size for my kids. In my opinion, the scones are plenty sweet without a glaze.

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These scones were perfect!!! Thank you for yet another great recipe!

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They were absolutely delicious! I made half of them blueberry and half apple. My mother said the blueberries popped like a flavor explosion in her mouth. I loved the apple. This recipe definitely has made my book as the only scone recipe that I'll need. Thanks for another great one Kittencal.

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These scones are AMAZING! I have been making them for a local cafe I work at a few times a week and they are selling faster than I can make them! I have used this recipe for rasberries as well and they are a hit! I added my traditional glaze to them (vanilla, milk, powdered sugar) and it puts them over the top! I divide the dough into two circles and cut them into 8 scones each circle... like a pie. This gives me a total of 16 scones. Great recipe. Thanks so much for posting.

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Very good scone recipe. I made them for an engagement party brunch and they were all eaten. I just wished they were a bit easier to shape and had browned up a little more because they were not that eye pleasing.

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I substituted strawberries and made a strawberry butter to spread on them as we ate. Yummy!

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I have to admit when I was done mixing the dough and was patting down before cutting I was nervous because seemed pretty wet. Took about 20 min to bake and I raised oven temp to 375*. My daughter said this was the BEST thing I ever made! Thanks for that moment!!! I will be making this over and over. I think I will make smaller scones and the time will be closer to what recipe says.

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OK I must have done something wrong. I followed the recipe to the T I think but All I got is hot dough. The recipe said 12 to 15 minutes baking time I did 20 and still dough. It was tasty dough but still dough. Please someone tell me what I could have done to make this? Cooking time must be wrong. I will make this again and change my rating if someone can tell me what I did Wrong. Thanks so much.

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Kittencal, I always gravitate to your recipes as they are always delicious!! Crispy on the outside, soft and moist on the inside. I made them exactly as written and they are oh so scrumptious. Next time I might try fresh raspberries or dried apricots/craisins. A keeper:)

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These are great tasting and the texture is nice and fluffy. Like many other reviewers, the dry to wet was off for me. Funny.....many people say too dry and many say too wet. I expect it has to do with the humidity. It's winter here, so mine was extra dry and crumbly and could not be formed into anything except a pile of crumbs. I had to add a couple T of cold water and it was somewhat better......still never formed together well enough to serve guests, but my family still loved them. Next time, I will start with 3 1/2 c of flour and add a little flour at the end, if necessary. My only other comment is that I think I will decrease the butter ever so slightly. I c is a large amount, in addition to the sour cream and egg, and they were the tiniest bit greasy on the edges. So....those are my changes, but overall an excellent recipe that I will make again. Thanks,

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