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Blueberry scones

Name: Blueberry scones
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 8 tbsp butter, very cold, cubed; 1/3 cup granulated sugar; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup blueberries; 2/3 cup heavy cream; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract

The bakery-case pastry that is genuinely easier at home, because the only thing standing between you and a good scone is keeping the butter cold. Cream-rich and craggy, with berries that burst into the crumb.

Time: 35 min (15 prep + 20 cook)
Servings: 8
Per serving: 354 kcal
Protein: 7 g

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour300 g
8 tbsp butter, very cold, cubed110 g
1/3 cup granulated sugar60 g
1 tbsp baking powder12 g
1/2 tsp salt3 g
1 cup blueberries150 g
2/3 cup heavy cream160 g
1 egg50 g
1 tsp vanilla extract5 g

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Steps

Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together.
Rub or cut the cold butter into the flour until the largest pieces are pea-sized. Those pieces are what make the layers — melted butter makes a cake.
Whisk the cream, egg and vanilla, pour into the dry mix and fold just until it comes together, then fold in the blueberries with two or three strokes.
Pat into a 20 cm (8-inch) round about 3 cm (1¼ inches) thick and cut into 8 wedges. Chill them on the tray for 10 minutes if the kitchen is warm.
Bake 18–22 minutes until the tops are golden and the edges are set. Eat the day they are made.

Frozen blueberries?

Yes, and do not thaw them — fold them in frozen and straight into the oven, or they bleed the dough grey.

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

7% of kcal

31% water

4 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

35%

19%

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 2828 kcal goes into the pot, 850 g of ingredients comes out as ~760 g of food → 372 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 372
Protein: (7%); 7 g
Fat: (49%); 21 g
Carbohydrates: (43%); 41 g
of which sugar: 11 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sodium: 387 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.