My Best Scone Recipes | Sweet and Savoury

There is nothing quite like a freshly baked scone, golden on the outside and soft within. Over 16 years of baking on this blog, I have developed and tested more scone recipes than I can count, and this collection brings my very best together in one place. Whether you are baking for breakfast, brunch, or a proper afternoon tea, you will find something here. I have included both sweet and savoury scone recipes, from the classic raisin scone, a reader favourite since 2010, to butternut and cheese, blueberry and lemon, and hot cross variations for Easter.

Sweet Scone Recipes

The best easy raisin scone recipe

This is one of my favourite recipes of all time, and it’s so easy to make. These scones are tall and fluffy every time.

Blueberry and lemon scones

These blueberry and lemon scones are light, fluffy, and filled with bursts of juicy blueberries. With a hint of lemon zest for freshness, they’re the perfect bake for breakfast, brunch, or afternoon tea.

Easy Raisin Hot Cross Scones

I put an Easter twist on these lightly spiced scones.

Pomegranate scones:

I just love the way the pomegranate seeds burst in your mouth. They ave a sugar top which adds additional texture.

Scones with Cranberry and Orange

Cranberry and orange is such good flavour combination in baked things and with these scones.

Quick and easy cranberry & orange scones

Savour Scone Recipes

Perfect cheese scones

These are my best-ever cheese scones. The only way to improve them would be to sprinkle a little grated cheese on the tray before placing the dough on top, and then baking. The cheese creates a lovely, crisped cheese layer.

A recipe to make perfech cheese scones that are light and fluffy

Butternut scones with cheese and chives:

This is my fave savoury scone recipe ever. You will also find a video on how to make them in that link.

butternut scones with cheese and herbs {video}

easy butternut scones with cheese and chives

Easy pumpkin & Parmesan scones with thyme

This is another fantastic savoury scone recipe that has sunflower seeds sprinkled on top giving amazing texture plus whipped goat’s cheese to spread. Delicious!

Easy Sprite scones with cheese and herbs

This recipe takes a can of sprite and self-raising flour and makes a light and simple scone. I added cheese and herbs to make it savoury, but you can adapt it to keep them sweet too.

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How to make perfect scones

The most important rule in scone making is to handle the dough as little as possible. Overworking it develops the gluten and gives you dense, tough scones rather than the tall, fluffy result you are after. Use cold or semi-frozen butter grated directly into the flour rather than rubbing soft butter in by hand. Work on a cool surface if you can.

Cut your shapes with a sharp, floured cutter and press straight down without twisting, which traps air and helps the scone rise evenly. Rest the shaped scones in the fridge for 20 minutes while the oven preheats. If you want really tall scones, keep the dough quite thick before cutting rather than flattening it down.

Egg wash the top only and never the sides, as this can prevent the scones from rising freely at the edges.