Amazing Lemon Blueberry Scones
melskitchencafe.com · 2025 · 10 to 12 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
Less leavening than 84% of recipes and no egg, unlike 62%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 84% of recipes: 2.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
- No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (14)
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 438 g
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar≈ 67 g
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest (from 1 to 2 lemons)≈ 6 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 3/4 cup cold salted butter≈ 170 g
- 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons buttermilk≈ 214 g
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 to 2 lemons)≈ 59 g
- 1 to 1 1/4 cups fresh blueberries (see note for frozen berries and other fruit options)≈ 167 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 tablespoons melted butter≈ 28 g
- Coarse or turbinado sugar, for sprinklingn/a
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar≈ 150 g
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice≈ 30 g
flour 438 gbatter 1135 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 660 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Butter39% · 68th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid49% · 42nd percentile · median 52%
- Sugar15% · 36th percentile · median 20%
- Egg0% · 19th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening2.8% · 14th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt0.7% · 43rd percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 15 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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