I love making vegan versions of classic baking recipes, such as my Vegan Cinnamon Rolls, Vegan Crepes, or Baked Vegan Blueberry Donuts. This scone recipe is another traditional recipe that can become even better with vegan ingredients, and you’ll learn with all my tips below that it’s not more complicated to do than the classic version! Classic scone recipes are not vegan, as they contain butter, milk, and eggs. All these ingredients come from animals and are not compatible with a vegan diet. However, you can easily make vegan scones at home following my recipe below. And if you like vegan scones, try my Lemonade Scones, Vegan Scones, Banana Scones, or Vegan Chocolate Chip Scones.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Scones require only a few ingredients, and even if it is an easy vegan baking recipe, there are some important things to follow to make the best vegan scones.
Cold Vegan Butter – The best scones are made from cold vegan butter. It’s not the same as vegan shortening or vegan spread. Vegan butter is hard in the fridge, it looks like a block of regular butter. All-Purpose Flour – You can’t use this recipe with gluten-free all-purpose flour, or the scones won’t rise and be very heavy and dense. The best flours for this recipe are pastry flour or regular white wheat flour. You can’t use almond flour or coconut flour in this recipe. Cornstarch – Since it’s a vegan recipe, it means these are egg-free scones, so you need that little addition of starch to prevent the scones from crumbling apart too easily. Caster Sugar or White Sugar – Caster sugar is finer and blends better in scones but feel free to use white sugar or erythritol for a sugar-free option. Vanilla Extract – for flavor. Baking Powder – to give them some rise. Soy Milk – I highly recommend soy milk rather than almond milk for soft scones. Almond milk, oat milk, or coconut milk are great options, but the dough would be slightly dryer with these non-dairy milk options. Ground Cinnamon – optional but delicious. Frozen Blueberries – You can also use fresh blueberries but I found them more difficult to knead into the batter. They burst easily as the dough is rough.
How To Make Vegan Blueberry Scones
Decorating Vegan Scones
You don’t have to decorate scones, but who doesn’t like pretty scones? Below I listed some plant-based scones toppings ideas for you to try:
Vegan lemon glazing – mainly made of powdered sugar and lemon juice. See the recipe card for the recipe. Powdered sugar – sieve some on top of the scones for a quick snowy look. Grated lemon zest – drizzle some on top of the glazing for extra lemon flavor.
Creating Different Flavors
You can use this recipe to create a range of vegan blueberry scones with different flavors. For example, to make a vegan lemon blueberry scone recipe, add to the batter 1 tablespoon of finely chopped lemon zest and replace 1/2 cup soy milk with 1/3 cup of soy milk and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. You can also add herbs or spices to your recipe. For example, a surprising addition of 2 teaspoons of dried rosemary makes amazing vegan blueberry rosemary scones.
5 Tips For The Best Vegan Blueberry Scones
If you are new to vegan baking, let me share 5 tips for making the absolute best vegan scones every time:
Serving Vegan Scones
A scone recipe, vegan or not, is dry, and it’s always served with a hot beverage and a creamy topping. The best vegan scones toppings are:
a dollop of whipped coconut cream Coconut yogurt Peanut butter or cashew butter or almond butter Vegan cream cheese
More Vegan Breakfast Recipes
You can bake delicious food for your vegan breakfast. Below I listed some of our favorite vegan baking recipes for breakfast.
