Joanne Chang’s Maple-Blueberry Scones Recipe (2024)

These look wonderful. Alas, I have no whole wheat flour. Can I use only all purpose flour, and if so how much?

Not everyone has a "stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment" - any other preparation suggestions? Thank you.

HI Janna! If you don't have a stand mixer I suggest you take half of the butter and work it into the dry mixture with your hands and then cube the other half (make sure it's cold!) and toss and mix into the mixture until the cubes are marble sized. Then add the wet and proceed as directed. I hope that helps!

To use all purpose flour instead of whole wheat:1) substitute an amount of AP equal to WEIGHT, not volume, called for in the recipe. Obviously easier w/ scale (highly recommended!) but can deduce via wt/vol info on bag of AP flour/For wt of WW https://www.kingarthurflour.com/learn/ingredient-weight-chart2) Water: 2 teasp less water needed for e/ cup of AP replacing WW. Maybe why it's wet.3) NYT should be the ones telling you this! Everyone is substituting ingredients w what's on hand.

Mary! We make these with apples and walnuts in the fall- it's an awesome combo! Happy baking!

Oh my ~ so much talk about the hand mixer and paddle attachment. If you have cooked and baked enough, you take a look at any recipe, realize it's possible to do a great job with your own methods and innovations. Also, please stop trying to please 12 different people with their food preferences. If they're fussy, tell them you won't care a bit if they bring their own vegan, allergy-free, wheat-free dish minus nuts. I liked my Belgian grandmother's advice - "Eat what the pot cooks."

Made as directed using yogurt, but using 1/3 c portions for the dough, yielding 12 still large scones. Crisp edges with a light and tender inner. The whole wheat and maple is a great combination. The blueberries are nice, but I’ll be trying them next without. Wondering about apples come fall...

I freeze the butter and then toss the frozen stick of butter in the measured-out flour to coat and then I grate the butter (grater with large holes) directly into the bowl of measured flour. This incorporates the butter and flour efficiently.I don't have a stand mixer and learned this technique from a buttermilk biscuit recipe.

Delicious. Easy. A real winner. The only change I made to the recipe was in terms of method. I didn't use the stand mixer. Instead, I grated frozen butter straight into the dry ingredients, worked it in with a pastry cutter (in the manner of biscuit dough) and then added the wet ingredients and blueberries. I was so anxious to eat them that I put them straight in the oven without noticing we were supposed to chill the dough! But no problem as the final results were great. Thanks for this recipe.

No need to use an electric mixer for this - use your dominant hand to do the mixing - it will get gloriously sticky and covered in the mixture, but will also be much better than an electric paddle at telling you when the mixture is wet enough. For hand-mixing, change the order of adding slightly - add the blueberries to the dry mix, then add the wet mixture - not all at once, but about 2/3s first, then add the rest in dollops until you have a floppy, but not wet mixture.

I know- I rolled my eyes at that too. Everything here can do done by hand, or with the added help of an electric mixer.

The thing about scones is that they are easy peasy and highly adaptable. If you don't have whole wheat, just use plain. If you don't have a mixer, rub the butter and dry ingredients between your fingers. To me, using a mixer over-complicates a simple recipe. But, whatever you do, the result will be delicious. That's the beauty of scones.

Joanne Chang - I just made these and they are truly wonderful. I am sorry you have to endure people feel the need to be snarky and do nothing but complain when someone kind shares such a great recipe. Thank you for this recipe - I'll be making these for special occasions and friends parties in the future. And to everyone complaining about a stand mixer with the paddle attachment - they are not THAT expensive.

These scones are seriously good. Flour is my favorite bakery in Boston. Their lemon-ginger scones are even better, and they make the best breakfast sandwich I have ever eaten. I look forward to the day I can visit Boston again and have breakfast at their location on Farnsworth Street.

Can these scones be made using gluten-free flour?

Loved this recipe! I didn't have whole wheat flour, so just subbed in all-purpose flour at a 1:1 ratio, and was very pleased with the results. Given that I don't have a stand mixer, I followed Joanne's suggestion in the comments to work the first half of the butter into the dough by hand, and then stir in the remaining half of the cubed butter until just combined. The scones were delicious!!

So I cut my butter in 1/2 inch pieces, and there's no way these get even roughly mixed in in 3-4 pulses. I am working the big pieces in with my fingers, making sure to stop while they are still a bit chunky. Has anyone else wondered about this?

This recipe is a great base to work off of. I love the more cake like texture the method creates. The only issue I have is that I feel like the recipe needs sugar and a bit more seasoning. Yes, I know… controversial. I added 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tbsp cinnamon, 1 tbsp vanilla. They came out insanely good!

One of the best things I've ever made.

I have been making these for 3 years now. I make ten scones from the recipe and mix the butter into two sizes. I don't find that my mixer breaks up the butter in the second round. The one amazing discovery I have made is that they freeze beautifully. Just make the dough and portion into ten scoops and freeze them in a ziploc bag. Then bake them at 350 for 30 minutes -- you may need a few more minutes than that -- or start them in a cold oven and start the timer when the oven come to temp.

Scones with fresh berries are my go-to summertime treat. This recipe produced scones which have become my absolute new favorite. I followed recipe as written and had great results. Baked for ~40 minutes.

Easily made gluten free subbing 1 C almond flour, 1.66 C King Arthur gluten free 1:1 flour!

I loved that a mostly whole wheat scone could be moist and tender. But the blueberries seemed lost. I will try the suggestion of apple and walnut!

I ground up 1 tsp of lavender and added to the scones, which added a nice floral undertone and accentuated the flavor of the blueberries (although next time I would do 2-3 tsp lavender). However, I think the scones were pretty lackluster as a whole. The texture was nice and tender, although I overmixed so I didn’t really get any flakiness. I just think they would benefit from something extra - vanilla, cardamom, lemon zest. And more salt in the dough!

Substituted apples and pecans for blueberries. Replaced half the maple syrup with brown sugar. I was liberal with my salt measurement for a salty sweet taste. Next time I will add maple extract to frosting.

I used only white bread flour, frozen blueberries (thawed), a hand mixer bare hands to mix dough, and didn’t chill the dough before baking.The scones still turned out moist and delicious. Maybe they are next-level when following the recipe to a T but you can also use what you have on hand and they’ll still be great.

Delicious, with a tender crumb. I added 1 tsp cinnamon to the dry ingredients and 1 tsp vanilla to the wet because why not? I mixed in the butter with a pastry blender and used a hand mixer just to bring the dough together. Still had streaks of butter going into the fridge to chill. My family gobbled these up and requested more.

These are absolutely delicious. I followed the recipe.

Second time making these. They are delicious!! I did use my food processor to mix butter into the flour, did the rest by hand. Love these!

Too much whole wheat flour, I'll swap the regular flour amount for the WW flour amount if I make them again. Added a dash of cloves and 2 dashes of cinnamon to the glaze which was nice. I wasn't wowed by these at all. The WW flour makes them taste raw. Texture no different than other scones I've made. Sometimes I wonder if anyone actually cooks the recipes in the NYT Cooking section, because I've gotten quite a few clunkers.