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Fresh Strawberry Scones with Lemon Glaze

Fresh strawberries make these simple scones the perfect spring or summer brunch recipe. Top with a lemon glaze and their darn near perfect!
Strawberry Scones with lemon glaze on a wire rack with strawberries and lemon slices.

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Fresh Strawberry Scones with lemon glaze makes for a delicious and refreshing breakfast or brunch! Especially delicious when fresh strawberries are plentiful like they are during the spring and summer seasons. These are the best scones and they’re so refreshingly tasty everyone loves them!

Tray with strawberry scones and a strawberry.

The combination of juicy strawberries and a cool lemon creates a perfect balance of sweet and tart flavors, making these easy scones irresistible. Start with a basic cream scones recipe add fresh chopped berries to the scone dough and bake until golden brown. Add a fresh lemon glaze to make them irresistible!

These easy-to-make scones are perfect for a quick and delicious breakfast or brunch option. They can be made ahead of time and reheated in the oven for a convenient grab-and-go option or served warm with a cup of coffee or tea for a relaxing start to your day.

A strawberry scone on a plate with berries and lemons.

Variations on this recipe

If you don’t want to add the lemon glaze you can absolutely leave it off the top. The lemon zest in the scones is also optional too.

You can also divide the dough into 2 balls and make 16 small wedges. These are perfect for kid-size scones or when you want to offer many small bites like a big brunch when they are lots of choices.

Scones on a cooling rack with plates in the background.

Can I use frozen strawberries in these scones?

This recipe was tested and developed using fresh berries. Frozen berries could be used but they make leak more than fresh berries. And they may be substantially softer and mushier. It it’s ALL you have I say go for it, but the results will be better if you use fresh. Keep them frozen right up until you add them to the dough to keep them as solid as possible.

Ingredients for strawberry scones.

What do you need for homemade scones?

  • All-Purpose flour
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • granulated sugar
  • cold butter (not room temperature or frozen butter)
  • egg
  • heavy cream
  • vanilla extract
  • fresh strawberries
  • lemon zest(optional)
  • powdered sugar
  • lemon juice
  • baking sheet
  • large bowl
  • food processor, OR pastry blender OR two butter knives

Why do I need cold butter to make good scones?

Butter for scones, pastry, and most biscuits must be cold so it helps the dough form puffy flaky layers. The puffy layers make tender scones and that’s what we want, a flaky texture! It’s worked into the dry ingredients cold and cut into small pieces. If it starts to warm up or melt you must refrigerate the dough to cool the butter back down.

Scone on a plate with a berry and forks.

Why do you call for a variety of tools like a food processor or pastry cutter?

Again these are tools you can use to chop the butter into fine pieces and make perfect scones without melting the butter with your hands. A food processor is a hands-free way to achieve keep these cold ingredients as cold as possible.

Since you might not have a food processor so a cheaper easier-to-store tool is a pastry blender or pastry cutter. Failing that two butter knives chopping the butter into the flour will work like a charm. The best way to cut the butter into the flour mixture is the one you have access to. I ALWAYS say use what you have!

Cutting butter in a food processor.

What to serve with Strawberry Scones

Serve air fryer breakfast sausages with these strawberry scones and real or kid-friendly mimosas and plenty of hot coffee for a simple effective brunch that everyone will love! And since it’s strawberry season why not serve a big bowl of fresh berries?

A fork with a bite of scone on it and a scone cut apart on the plate.

Got Leftovers?

If you happen to have leftovers you can store them in an air-tight container for up to 3 days. You may want to hold off on glazing them until right before you’re ready to serve them or they could get soggy from the glaze.

One perfect scone on a plate with fresh fruit around it.
Strawberry Scones with lemon glaze on a wire rack with strawberries and lemon slices.

Strawberry Lemon Scones

5 from 38 votes
Fresh strawberries make these simple scones the perfect spring or summer brunch recipe. Top with a lemon glaze and their darn near perfect!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 8 scones
Calories: 350kcal
Author: Laura
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 Tablespoons granulated white sugar not turbinado sugar
  • ½ cup butter cold
  • 1 egg beaten
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup strawberries diced
  • Zest from 1 lemon optional

Icing:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350º
  • line baking sheets with parchment paper
  • Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a bowl or food processor
    Dry ingredients in the food processor.
  • Cut butter into flour mixture, or pulse in food processor until mixture resembles crumbs, pour into mixing bowl
    Cutting butter in a food processor.
  • Add egg, cream, juice, and zest, and stir until mostly mixed
    Ad the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. t
  • Add strawberries, and stir until strawberries are incorporated, and dough forms a ball
    Adding chopped strawberries to the scone dough.
  • Turn onto the prepared baking sheet, and press into a 8-10 inch circle
    Dough patted into a circle with strawberries in the dough.
  • Cut into 8 wedges
    Dough cut in 8 wedges.
  • Separate wedges to give scones room to spread and rise
  • Bake for 18-20 minutes until the bottoms and edges are beginning to brown and the scones are done through
  • Remove from oven and let cool
  • Whisk icing ingredients together and drizzle over scones
    Lemon icing for the top of the scones.

Nutrition

Serving: 1scone | Calories: 350kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 68mg | Sodium: 356mg | Potassium: 84mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 605IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 2mg
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Laura is on a mission to teach modern family oriented women how to make old-fashioned foods new again. A wife and mom of 3 boys, Laura understands the struggles of trying to serve a home-cooked meal each night. She provides recipes and cooking hacks for busy moms to create dishes they may think take more time or skill than they have to make. Read more...

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