Raspberry White Chocolate Scones

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These buttery Raspberry White Chocolate Scones are filled with layers of juicy tart raspberries and creamy white chocolate chips.

Scone with raspberries drizzled with white chocolate.

These scones would be a beautiful treat to make for your sweetheart this Valentine's Day! Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to make adorable heart-shaped scones. My decadent Triple Chocolate Cheesecake or Raspberry Jello Cheesecake would be perfect options for Valentine's dessert but these white chocolate raspberry scones are great for a special breakfast.

Just like my Triple Chocolate Scones or Mini Chocolate Chip Scones, these scones are rich, buttery, and an irresistible accompaniment to a cup of tea or coffee. Check out all of my quick scone recipes for more ideas.

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⭐️ Why You Need to Make This Recipe
🧈 Ingredients
📝 Substitutions
📃 Instructions
💡 Top Tip
❓ Recipe FAQs
❤️ More Valentine's Day Recipes
📖 Recipe

Raspberry scones drizzled with white chocolate on a baking sheet.

⭐️ Why You Need to Make This Recipe

Buttery and rich. Heavy whipping cream, egg, and, of course, butter make these scones irresistibly rich just like my Birthday Cake Scones!
Soft and layered. Beautiful layers of tender scone studded with white chocolate chips and juicy raspberries.
Flavourful. Tart raspberries and creamy white chocolate are an incredibly vibrant flavour combination.

🧈 Ingredients

Here are the ingredients needed to make these tender white chocolate berry scones.

Butter - The butter has to be cold from the refrigerator for this recipe. Cut the butter into small cubes to make it easier to cut into the flour.
White Chocolate - You could use white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate.
Raspberries - You must use frozen raspberries! Given the tender and easily crushable nature of fresh raspberries, their inclusion in the dough will turn into a formless mush and cause the color to blend into the dough. This may seem pretty but once baked, it will turn grey in color. Frozen raspberries give you more time to work with them.

See the recipe card for full ingredient list and measurements.

📝 Substitutions

Here are some possible substitutions and variations to keep in mind when making this recipe.

Salted Butter - Use unsalted butter instead with ¼ teaspoon of salt added to the recipe. The salt helps flavours pop (like in my super flavourful Jalapeño Cheddar Cheese Scones).
Chocolate - You could use milk or semisweet chocolate chips instead of white chocolate to make Chocolate Raspberry Scones.
Berries - Try this recipe for white chocolate scones with frozen blueberries or blackberries instead. Or try my Blueberry Brown Butter Scone recipe next!

📃 Instructions

Cubes of butter added to flour mixture in mixing bowl with a pastry cutter.

Step 1: Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

Flour mixture with butter cut into it with a pastry cutter in a bowl.

Step 2: Cut in the cold cubes of butter using a pastry cutter until the pieces of butter are the size of peas.

White chocolate chips added to bowl of flour and butter mixture.

Step 3: Add the white chocolate chips to the butter and flour mixture.

Whipping cream and egg mixed together in a glass measuring cup.

Step 4: Whisk together the heavy whipping cream and egg.

Shaggy scone dough on a white countertop.

Step 5: Add the wet ingredients to the bowl and mix just until the mixture starts to come together.

Step 6: Gently knead and press the dough together.

Scone dough rolled out with frozen raspberries pressed into half.

Step 7: Roll out the scone dough and press about ¾ cup of frozen raspberries into half of the dough.

Scone dough folded over with raspberries inside.

Step 8: Fold the dough over on top of the raspberries.

Scone dough with raspberries in it with a heart-shaped cookie cutter.

Step 9: Roll out the dough to about ¾-inch thickness. Press the remaining frozen raspberries into the top. Cut into scones using a cookie cutter.

Heart-shaped raspberry scones on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Step 10: Arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, leaving spreading room between each scone.

Bake for 13-17 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool before drizzling with melted white chocolate, if desired.

Scones with raspberries on a baking sheet drizzled with white chocolate.

💡 Top Tip

Be sure to follow my instructions for assembling these scones. Trying to mix the raspberries into the dough will result in the raspberry juice bleeding into the dough which will bake into an ugly grey color.

❓ Recipe FAQs

Which flour is best for scones?

Choose all-purpose flour for scones that rise well and maintain their shape.

How do I get my fruit scones to rise and be fluffy?

The key is to ensure that the butter remains cold from the initial stages until the dough is placed in the oven. When the cold butter encounters the oven's heat, it melts, and the water content within it transforms into steam. As the steam is released, it expands, resulting in the formation of a delightful, tall, flaky, and fluffy texture.

What temperature do you bake scones at?

These scones bake at a high temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 13-17 minute or just until lightly golden.

How do American Scones Differ from British Scones?

The difference between American and British scones lies in the substantial use of butter in American scones, coupled with higher sugar content, setting them apart from less sweet British counterparts.

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