Description
Sweet Blueberry Biscuits With Lemon Glaze are soft, fluffy, and packed with blueberries. Topped with a fresh lemon glaze, they’re perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Made with simple ingredients and ready in just 30 minutes, they’re a must-try for biscuit lovers.
Ingredients
For the Biscuits:
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, frozen and shaved
1 1/4 cups full-fat buttermilk
1 cup frozen blueberries
1/4 cup melted unsalted butter (for brushing)
For the Lemon Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed
1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat and Prep: Start by preheating your oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 10-inch cast iron skillet or a 9-inch round cake pan and set it aside.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Incorporate Butter and Buttermilk: Add the frozen shaved butter and pour in the buttermilk. Gently stir until just combined. The dough will be very sticky.
- Shape the Dough: Transfer the dough to a generously floured surface. Lightly flour your hands and gently knead the dough a few times until it becomes more manageable.
- Add the Blueberries: Pat the dough into a half-inch thick rectangle. Scatter the frozen blueberries evenly over the surface. Fold the dough over itself once, then again, to sandwich the berries inside. Gently pat out to about one inch in thickness.
- Cut Biscuits: Using a 2-inch round biscuit cutter, press straight down (no twisting) to cut out your biscuits. Reform dough scraps and continue cutting until all dough is used.
- Arrange and Bake: Place the biscuits in the prepared skillet or pan, making sure they touch each other. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes until they’ve risen.
- Brush and Finish Baking: Remove the biscuits briefly, brush tops generously with melted butter, then return them to the oven. Bake until golden brown, about 5 more minutes.
- Make the Glaze: While biscuits finish baking, whisk together the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, lemon juice, and zest until smooth.
- Glaze and Serve: Drizzle the warm biscuits with lemon glaze and serve immediately.
Notes
Keep blueberries frozen to prevent bleeding.
Don’t twist the biscuit cutter – press straight down and up.
For best results, serve biscuits warm with glaze fresh.
Biscuits can be reheated in microwave for 10 seconds.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American