Blackberry scones are a delicious way to use your blackberry crops whether you’ve picked them yourself or bought them at the shops, great for a comforting treat and so easy too.
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Blackberry picking
These blackberry, lemon and white chocolate scones were a quick bake we made to use up some blackberries we picked the other day once again at our local pick-your-own farm.
Picking fruit and veg has definitely been one of our favourite activities this summer!
Baking is also an activity that I love to do with my kids, and that they enjoy too. Can’t think why!
A quick bake
Scones are one of my favourite things to bake as they are so quick and easy, you can be eating them within half an hour.
Perfect for an afternoon snack with blackberry jam and clotted cream, or for a quick breakfast on the go if you need something to grab on the way out.
Ingredients
Here is what you will need to make these blackberry scones. The exact quantities are in the recipe card at the end of the page.
- self raising flour
- butter
- caster sugar
- milk
- blackberries – fresh, frozen or tinned will work. If using frozen, defrost them first.
- white chocolate – either white chocolate chips or a broken up bar of white chocolate are fine.
- lemon oil – this can be replaced with lemon zest.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180℃ / 350℉.
- Place the flour in a bowl, and rub in the butter.
- Stir in the sugar then the milk to make a soft dough.
- Add the blackberries, white chocolate and lemon oil or lemon zest and mix gently. It will be very soft, if needed add more flour to make a consistency you can roll out and cut using a cutter.
Roll the dough out and cut out 6 large scones using a cutter. - Place them on a lined baking sheet and brush with milk.
milk - Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and baked through.
- Leave to cool on a tray and enjoy warm or cold.
Tips for making blackberry scones
Scones are the traditional afternoon tea recipe and the added blackberry and lemon make these even better!
The recipe is a traditional scone recipe with added blackberries, white chocolate chunks and flavoured with lemon oil.
You can use lemon zest in place of the lemon oil if you don’t have that, it adds that great lemon flavour, and colour too!
The dough is pretty soft so you need to use a cutter to cut them out. For a nice brown crust brush with a little milk before baking.
More blackberry recipes
What bakes are you making with blackberries this autumn?
You might also like blackberry oaty traybake or my slow cooker blackberry and apple cake. How about topping your scones with some slow cooker blackberry jam?
Recipe
Blackberry Scones
Ingredients
- 225 g (1 ¼ cups + 2 tbsp) self raising flour
- 55 g (¼ cup) unsalted butter
- 25 g (2 tbsp) caster sugar (superfine sugar)
- 150 ml (½ cup + 2 tbsp) milk
- 100 g (¾ cup) blackberries
- 50 g (¼ cup) white chocolate
- 1 tsp lemon oil or lemon zest
- milk for brushing
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180℃ / 350℉.
- Place the flour in a bowl, and rub in the butter.225 g self raising flour, 55 g unsalted butter
- Stir in the sugar then the milk to make a soft dough.25 g caster sugar (superfine sugar), 150 ml milk
- Add the blackberries, white chocolate and lemon oil or lemon zest and mix gently. It will be very soft, if needed add more flour to make a consistency you can roll out and cut using a cutter.100 g blackberries, 50 g white chocolate, 1 tsp lemon oil
- Roll the dough out and cut out 6 large scones using a cutter.
- Place them on a lined baking sheet and brush with milk.milk
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and baked through.
- Leave to cool on a tray and enjoy warm or cold.
Janice (@FarmersgirlCook) says
I love scones and these would be so good with the blackberries and chocolate. Thanks for joining us for the Great British Blackberry Recipe Round Up.
choclette says
These look so delicious Lucy and I love, love, love the idea of adding blackberries to scones. I’ve made apple scones lots of times, but had never thought to try blackberry ones. I like the addition of the sweet bursts of chocolate too. Thanks for joining in with #WeShouldCocoa 🙂
Penelope Reader says
I love blackberries – and took Harry for his first forage for them in the sling the other day. I’ll try these without the white chocolate and take them to the in-laws this weekend I think. I spy your crochet! How’s it going?
Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says
I love berries and citrus flavours together, it really brings out the flavour of the berries. I bet these would go perfectly with an afternoon cuppa! 🙂