This Low Calorie Lemon Blueberry Scones recipe is just 140 calories, that’s 280 calories LESS than Starbucks blueberry scones are!
These healthy scones come with an amazing lemon glaze for blueberry scones. Plus additional options to make an orange, lime, lemon, or vanilla blueberry scones with this easy scone recipe.
To make these blueberry scones easy, we will supply you with helpful sections on how to make homemade scones easily, and with minimal work.
Save 100’s of calories with this low calorie, easy blueberry scones with lemon glaze recipe. They make great snacks and breakfasts.
This glazed lemon blueberry scones recipe is just 140 calories…
Low Calorie Lemon Blueberry Scones
In the sections below you will find everything you need to make this blueberry scones recipe easy.
From a shopping list, to a recipe card. We’ve even included 4 flavored glaze options… and a run down on Starbuck’s blueberry scones nutrition vs. our healthy glazed lemon blueberry sones recipe in the nutrition section.
This easy recipe lemon blueberry scones comes with helpful sections to make baking easier…
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Ingredients for Easy Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze (shopping list!)
- How to Make Homemade Blueberry Scones
- Glazed Lemon Blueberry Scones Recipe (recipe card!)
- Blueberry Scones Calories and Nutrition
Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.
Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin these healthy blueberry scones recipes to Pintrest so it is safely stored for you.
Up next, a shopping list for a low calorie recipe for blueberry scones…
Ingredients for Healthy Blueberry Scones
You can make this blueberry scones lemon glaze to top the easy scone recipe with… Or you can choose one of these additional scone glaze recipes and mix it up!
Change Up the Scone Recipe Glaze with These Flavors:
- Orange: Remove the lemon juice and zest, and replace it with orange juice and zest for sweeter scone recipes.
- Lime: Adding lime to blueberries is sooooo yummy! Swap out the lemon juice and zest for tart lime. This easy scone recipe is great as lime blueberry scones!
- Vanilla: Blueberry vanilla scones are fantastic! Remove the lemon zest and replace it with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Then when you make the glaze, mix 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract with 1 tablespoon of water in place of the lemon juice… Adding more water as needed to reach desired consistency.
Shopping List for Recipe for Lemon Blueberry Scones:
Lemon Blueberry Scones:
- All-purpose flour
- Zero calorie all-natural brown sugar (or light brown sugar)
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Lemon Zest (you can use the same lemon for glaze)
- Unsalted butter
- Greek yogurt
- Blueberries (fresh or frozen)
Blueberry Scones Lemon Glaze:
- Powdered sugar
- Lemon Juice
Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of these lemon blueberry scones recipes you want to make, and it will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for this lemon blueberry scones recipe can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.
Up next, how to make homemade blueberry scones with lemon glaze…
How to Make Healthy Blueberry Scones
You will need a bit of equipment to make this recipe for blueberry scones.
If you don’t have a standing mixer, you can use a handheld mixer… though it’s probably best just to use a large bowl and rubber spatula.
Equipment You’ll Need to Make a Simple Scone Recipe:
- Standing Mixer like this $99 one on Amazon
- Zester
- Pizza Cutter
- Parchment Paper
- Baking Sheet
- Knife
- Rubber Spatula
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
How to Make Healthy Blueberry Scones:
- Preheat your oven to 375 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest together in a large bowl or your big standing mixer.
- Cut up the butter in small pieces and then add to the flour mix and work with your fingers until they are small as peas.
- Add the Greek Yogurt and the water to a separate bowl or large measuring cup. Mix together.
- Mix the Greek yogurt in with the flour, until just combined, then add in blueberries and fold in gently with a rubble spatula.
- Flour a clean surface, split the scone batter in two dough balls on the floured surface.
- Squish and mold into two round discs. Use a pizza cutter cut each disk into 8 slices, just like you are cutting a pizza or a pie.
- Arrange on the baking sheet, you can get them close together as they don’t spread too much but make sure they are not touching.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes, until they are slightly golden.
- Remove from the oven, let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.
Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!
Up next, a sharable recipe card for easy blueberry scones with lemon glaze…
Low Calorie Lemon Blueberry Scones
This glazed lemon blueberry scones recipe is 1/3 the calories of Starbucks blueberry scone recipe!
Plus, we have supplied you with 3 more glaze flavors (Orange, Lime, or Vanilla) in the ingredients section above.
You might also love this Low Calorie Savory Scone Recipe!
More Low Calorie Treats:
Low Calorie Lemon Blueberry Scones
Equipment
Ingredients
Lemon Blueberry Scones:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup zero calorie all-natural brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- zest of one lemon
- 5 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 cup greek yogurt
- ½ cup cold water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ cup blueberries fresh or frozen
Blueberry Scones Lemon Glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- juice of 1/2 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest together in a large bowl or your big standing mixer.
- Cut up the butter in small pieces and then add to the flour mix and work with your fingers until they are small as peas.
- Add the Greek Yogurt and the water to a separate bowl or large measuring cup. Mix together.
- Mix the Greek yogurt in with the flour, until just combined, then add in blueberries and fold in gently with a rubble spatula.
- Flour a clean surface, split the scone batter in two dough balls on the floured surface.
- Squish and mold into two round discs. Use a pizza cutter cut each disk into 8 slices, just like you are cutting a pizza or a pie.
- Arrange on the baking sheet, you can get them close together as they don’t spread too much but make sure they are not touching.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes, until they are slightly golden.
- Remove from the oven, let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.
- In a small bowl combine the powdered sugar and 1/2 the lemon juice, adding in more as you mix. Once you get to the right consistency stop adding in juice. You want it to be just runny.
- Once the scones are completely cool you can glaze them. Use a fork to drizzle on a little glaze STOP, wait a few minutes and drizzle some more, stop again and repeat. (If you put it all on at once you will end up with a pool of glaze on the parchment paper)
Nutrition
Up next, nutrition and calories in blueberry scones…
Blueberry Scones Calories and Nutrition
Blueberry scones at Starbucks have 420 calories… They are packed full of fat, calories and sugar.
But this low calorie blueberry scones healthy recipe is just 140 calories and just as yummy as Starbucks blueberry scones are!
Try out this healthy option to your favorite scone recipe… and be sure to see more low calorie recipes in the next section!
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Article History:
- Originally written and published June 29, 2021 by Audrey Johns
- Updated on May 8, 2023 by Audrey Johns
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