🫐🍪 Blueberry Biscuits (Soft & Fluffy Southern-Style)
These blueberry biscuits are tender, slightly sweet, and packed with juicy berries—perfect for breakfast or tea time.
🧾 Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2–3 tbsp sugar (more if you want sweeter biscuits)
- ½ cup cold butter (cubed)
- ¾ cup milk or buttermilk
- 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
🍯 Optional glaze
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1–2 tbsp milk or lemon juice
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Mix dry ingredients
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
2. Cut in butter
- Add cold butter cubes
- Mix with fingers or pastry cutter until crumbly (like coarse sand)
3. Add milk
- Pour in milk (and vanilla if using)
- Stir just until dough forms (don’t overmix)
4. Add blueberries
- Gently fold in blueberries
- Be careful not to crush them
5. Shape biscuits
- Drop spoonfuls onto a baking tray OR
- Lightly shape into rounds for more traditional biscuits
6. Bake
- Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 15–20 minutes
- Until golden on top
7. Optional glaze
- Mix glaze ingredients and drizzle over warm biscuits
🌟 Tips
- Use frozen blueberries straight from freezer to avoid bleeding
- Don’t overmix or biscuits will become dense
- For extra flavor, add lemon zest to the dough
- Best served warm with butter
🫐 What makes them special
Blueberry biscuits are:
- fluffy like scones
- buttery and soft inside
- sweet-tangy from blueberries
- slightly crisp outside
If you want, I can also make:
- a Southern-style buttermilk version
- or a low-sugar healthy blueberry biscuit recipe 👍
