Fresh Strawberry Scones with Lemon Glaze are flaky and loaded with juicy strawberries! This is an easy breakfast the whole family will love! So good with a cup of tea or coffee!
Strawberry Scones
Like many fruit lovers, I have a weakness for anything involving sweet, juicy Summer strawberries! This week I’ll be sharing with you a few of my favorite fresh strawberry recipes, and today, we’re talking scones. Fresh strawberry scones with a light and lovely lemon glaze, to be exact. Mmm!!!
I’ve baked A LOT of scones over the past few years, and every time I pull a batch out of the oven I fall in love with the quirky treat all over again. I know a lot of people are either huge fans of the scone, or completely disregard them as a dry flaky biscuit, so I’m curious, are you a fan? Even if you’re not, I hope you’ll keep reading… I having a feeling these sweet, flaky treats could sway you to their side 😉
Strawberry Scone Recipe
To make this recipe, you’ll need:
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, VERY cold and cut into tiny pieces
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 3/4 cup fresh strawberries, roughly chopped
- For the egg wash:
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar, for sprinkling
Lemon Glaze for Scones
These scones are delicious on their own, but the lemon glaze really makes them shine. To make it you’ll need just 2 ingredients:
- fresh lemons (zest and juice)
- and confectioners sugar
Simple whisk these two ingredients together and viola! You have lemon glaze. If the glaze tastes a bit too sweet, add a tiny pinch of salt.
What I love about this particular recipe is that it yields a scone even a scone hater would love! Trust me – I live with one… and he was ALL over these babies 😉 I think it was the glaze. In my opinion, a little glaze makes everything better.
The scones themselves are actually REALLY delicious in their natural naked form, and I ate one fresh out of the oven with zero regrets! FYI – scones straight from the oven are pure heaven! Just be sure not to burn yourself while in the act 😉
Light, buttery, and packed with fresh berries, these scones are sure to be a new favorite for breakfast, brunch, or snack time! If you’re making these ahead of time for a party/ event, I highly suggest waiting to glaze them until right before serving, as the glaze will eventually make the scone soggy if it’s sitting on them for too long, and we don’t want that. Enjoy! xoxo
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Fresh Strawberry Scones with Lemon Glaze
Prep
Cook
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Yield 8 scones
Fresh Strawberry Scones with Lemon Glaze
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, VERY cold and cut into tiny pieces
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 3/4 cup fresh strawberries, roughly chopped
- For the egg wash:
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar, for sprinkling
- For glaze:
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 3/4 cup confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°(F). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and zest.
- Cut the butter into small cubes then work it into the mixture (using your fingers) until lit resembles a coarse meal.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and milk, then add to flour and butter. Use the fork to stir everything together until just moistened.
- Add strawberries and gently stir into dough. Don’t worry if some of the berries break up a bit or don't stick in the dough; just shove them back in.
- Empty the loose dough out onto a clean, floured work surface, then shape the dough into an 8-inch circle.
- Cut the dough into 8 wedges and carefully transfer to the prepared sheet.
- Lightly brush each scones with the egg wash, then sprinkle the top of each scone with sugar.
- Bake for about 16 minutes, or until light golden brown.
- Cool for about 10 minutes, then make your glaze.
- For the glaze:
- In a small bowl whisk together the lemon juice and confectioners sugar. Drizzle over warm scones and serve at once.
Courses Breakfast
Cuisine American
Oh, these look absolutely awesome! I’m a scone fanatic; I’ve been hooked on them since my grandma introduced me to them years ago, and we always order them at a favorite local tea room (with clotted cream!). I would devour this whole batch by myself!
I was a scone hater until I found the right recipe, too, and I can tell I’d be head over heels for these! That lemon glaze with the strawberries sounds incredible!
Yummmm, these look so good. Scones, when well-made, are one of my favorite things!
I LOVE scones, so I’m all over these babies!
These scones look amazing! Not try and terrible at all like the kind of scones that scar people for life and make them scone-haters 🙂 I’m confident that this recipe will appear at my next brunch!
I’m a fan. Me me! I think if they’re baked right, they’re not at all dry. This recipe looks amazing.
I love scones, these look so pretty and summery!
Oh, such perfect scones! So light and bright and summery and I love the idea of that lemon glaze drizzled all over them.
These scones are delicious! I made these for my friends and they really enjoyed them. They all wanted to take some home.
http://www.fizzyparty.com/2015/02/honey-strawberry-sugar-scrub.html
Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Hi Tiffany! That is so awesome 🙂 And what a great friend you are to bake for your pals. Thank you for taking the time to let me know they were a hit!
I’m a huge fan of baking scones and these came our really delicious!
I Baked these this morning. These tasted so delicious. Thanks so much for such a wonderful recipe.
That’s wonderful! SO happy you enjoyed them 🙂
I made these tonight to take on the road for the weekend…. I’m not sure they’ll make it that long! They’re AWESOME! I’m a first time scone maker and I’m definitely gonna have to try more recipes cause this one is SO GOOD! And EASY!
Hi Zana! Welcome to the scone making club 😉 I’m so happy these strawberry scones were a hit for you!
I’m looking for an orange cranberry scone receip, . Do you have one?
Hi Donna! Yes – here is a link 😉 http://bakerbynature.com/cranberry-ricotta-scones-2/
I made these today for Mother’s Day and they were so delicious that I’m going to make more tomorrow!!
they are so YUMMY!!!!
we love them sooooooooo much 🙂
I make them for my family a lot!!!
thanks so much.
I came across this recipe on Pintrest and am so glad I tried it!!! I am a lover of all things strawberry, but by far these are some of the best scones I have ever made!! I have High Teas with my daughter and friends all the time and these will be in my top3 recipies for scones. Must serve with clotted cream for best effect! Thank you!
Love this recipe! Thank.you
Do you have a secret to making them ahead of time?
You can freeze the scone dough and then bake as needed 🙂
love these so much! i make them all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!
love these!!!! I made them with 2 eggs and they where amazing!
It’s kind of frustrating when people are leaving star reviews that haven’t even tried the recipe. It discredits this blog so people should really think before they rate a recipe before trying it.
Luckily, this recipe turned out well. I did double the sugar and add vanilla because I knew I wanted them to be a teensy bit sweet. I also used a biscuit cutter because I wanted buscuits. They turned out perfect.
Can you replace the strawberries with Dried tart cherries?