Description
Sweet blueberry delight biscuits promise a delightful journey through homemade comfort. Buttery, crumbly pastry studded with plump blueberries creates a perfect companion for morning coffee or afternoon tea.
Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup cold milk
- 5 tablespoons (75 milliliters) cold or frozen butter
- 3 ounces (85 grams) blueberries (fresh or dried)
Glaze Ingredients:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup (60 milliliters) water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Prepare an oven environment at a scorching 450°F, ensuring optimal temperature for golden-brown biscuits.
- Combine dry ingredients in a spacious mixing vessel, creating a uniform powder mixture of flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder.
- Gently introduce cold milk and plump blueberries into the dry ingredient landscape, stirring with delicate movements to maintain blueberry integrity.
- Transform a frozen butter stick into tiny, scattered fragments, strategically dispersing these cold nuggets throughout the dough.
- Engage in a gentle folding technique, kneading the dough to ensure even butter distribution and creating delicate, layered textures.
- Transform a clean work surface with a light dusting of flour, then carefully roll the dough to an elegant 1/4 to 1/8 inch thickness.
- Utilize a biscuit cutter to craft approximately six circular pastry treasures, transferring them onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Position the biscuits in the preheated oven, allowing them to transform into golden-hued delicacies within 7-12 minutes.
- Extract the warm biscuits and tenderly brush with melted butter, creating a glistening exterior.
- Craft a luxurious glaze by whisking powdered sugar, water, vanilla extract, and lemon juice until smooth and glossy.
- Elegantly drizzle the glaze over the warm biscuits, creating a beautiful, sweet finish.
Notes
- Freezing the butter beforehand creates tiny, cold pockets that help develop flaky, tender layers when baked.
- Gentle mixing prevents overworking the dough, which can result in tough, dense biscuits.
- Use fresh or frozen blueberries, but avoid thawing frozen berries to maintain their shape and prevent color bleeding.
- Baking time varies based on oven performance, so watch closely and look for a golden-brown color.
- The lemon juice in the glaze adds a bright, tangy contrast to the sweet blueberry flavor.
- Allow biscuits to cool slightly before glazing to prevent the sugar from becoming too runny.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 54 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg