A friend once gave me an Australian scone recipe his Mom used to make him in the land down under. It's quite a simple recipe that's more like a basic biscuit than American scone. I have to admit -I'm not a huge fan of these American scones often found in chain coffee shops as they are typically dry, hard and tasteless; a well done, flavorful biscotti fills that need for me. Most of my own scone recipes create a much lighter, fluffly scone. The question for you is, how do you like your scone?
I liven up this basic Australian scone recipe by mixing a blueberry jam in the layers of the dough along with fresh blueberries. The addition of the jam intensifies the flavor profile of the blueberries for a super burst to your senses.
Tips and techniques: Do try mixing and matching berries and jam, an apricot jam with blackberries or raspberries with a mint jam would be sensational. Turbinado sugar is brown in color and the grains are larger; you can substitute regular white sugar if needed.

1 1/2 cups flour
4 Tbls + 2 Tbls turbinado (raw) sugar
2 heaping tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbls butter, cold and diced
3/4-1 cup milk
1/2 - 1 cup fresh blueberries
4 Tbls jam
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl, add 4 tablespoons of the sugar and the butter, using your hands work the butter into the flour until all the butter clumps are worked in.

Slowly add the milk, a few tablespoons at at time. Depending on the humidity level, you may not need to use all of it. Continuing to use your hands, work the dough just to the point of being able to knead it, careful not to get the dough too wet.
If you decide to pat out the dough, pour the dough onto the counter and pat out to about 1 inch thickness. Spread the jam and the blueberries across the dough, fold the dough in half and re-pat it out to about 1 inch thickness. Use a cookie cutter or a small glass to stamp out the scones, place the scones on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Some blueberries may fall out- just pick them up and push them into the scones.
Brush the top of the scones with milk, sprinkle with the raw sugar and sliced almonds (optional). Bake at 400 degrees until the scones are golden brown; approximately 15 minutes depending on the size.
These look yum! Thanks for sharing!!
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