Afternoon Tea wouldn’t be the same without scones. These recipes for Afternoon Tea scones are perfect for your next tea party. From sweet scone recipes to savory scone recipes, there’s something for everyone here.
41 Afternoon Tea Scone Recipes
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Royal Currant Scones Recipe
A Royal Currant Scones Recipe, from the archives of Queen Elizabeth, to serve with afternoon tea, or anytime you're craving an authentic British style scone.
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Traditional Irish Scones for Afternoon Tea
This traditional Irish Scones recipe is a light and delicious scone made with Irish butter and buttermilk. Lightly sweet with a moist, tender texture. Perfect for afternoon tea.
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Earl Grey Scones
TheseEarl Grey Sconesare tender and moist tea-infused scones that are incredibly delicious with hints of bergamot and fresh orange flavors. Easy to make, they’re perfect with tea or coffee or brunch… orjust because.
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Dried Apricot Scones
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"Prepare inspired settings and Dried Apricot Scones for a welcoming gathering where guests will feel honored and cherished, and memorable moments can be shared."
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Apricot Scones with Almond Glaze for a Teatime Treat
Apricot Scones are an utterly delicious treat with an irresistibly buttery, light, and flaky crumb. These teatime favorites, with a hint of almond and warm spice, are perfect for late summer teas, brunches, snacks, or coffee.
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Blueberry Scones with Lemon Butter Glaze
A scone so easy to make, it’s one I make all season long. Delicious and tender these scones are almost always in my freezer. No rolling, patting or cutting.
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Easy English Scones Recipe
These light and fluffy English Scones are easy to make and perfect for afternoon tea or even breakfast. Serve with clotted cream, jam, or lemon curd. Beautifully simple, and delicious!
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Lavender Cream Scones
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"Where delicate culinary flowers mingle with lemon zest, a crowning glaze of confectioners’ sugar offers a sweet counterpoint for a sprinkling of fresh flowers on our Lavender Cream Scones.”
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Irish Raspberry Scones
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"Scones are one of the first recipes most people learn to make in Ireland, especially if you did Home Ec. in school! What I love most about scones is that you can whip up a batch in a matter of minutes, usually with ingredients you already have in the house. I like to add fresh raspberries but you can keep the dough plain or add any berries you like. A thick layer of butter and jam is essential though!”
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Fig and Honey Scones
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"Treasured friends are connected by many threads—among them, the pursuit of common interests, a reverence for tradition, and the simple pleasure of social communion. In the custom of afternoon tea, we find all of these attributes. Celebrate the blessing of companionship by serving Fig-and-Honey Scones."
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Raspberry Scones with Lemon Butter Glaze
Easy to make, sweet and flaky, these Buttermilk Raspberry Scones are everything you love about the season. Make a batch and enjoy a cup of tea!
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Cream Scones for Afternoon Tea
These Cream Scones are a decadently delicious scone that's easier to make than you can believe. With a soft, delicate texture and lightly sweet flavor, they are a go-to scone to make any day of the week. Utterly perfect for afternoon tea, or a casual teatime break in the middle of a busy day.
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Apple Cinnamon Scones Recipe
These Apple Cinnamon Scones are flaky, tender, and utterly delicious. Topped with maple cinnamon glaze, they are easy and perfect for fall.
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Scottish Oat Maple Scones
These Scottish Oat Maple Scones are crumbly and robust with that favorite maple flavor we all love. Perfect with a cup of tea and a dab of Irish butter.
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Ginger Pecan Cranberry Scones
Ginger Pecan Cranberry Scones, a cozy holiday treat, made perfect with a cup of tea. Or with coffee on Christmas morning. Festive, easy, and delicious. Each bite is like a taste of the holidays.
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Scones
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Scones are an incredible, tender, delicious fall scone perfect for breakfast or brunch, with coffee, or for tea. Simple to make in minutes, they are addictively yummy!
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Cream Scones Recipe with Pimm's Strawberry Jam
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“A cream scones recipe with homemade Pimm’s strawberry jam – the perfect recipe for Wimbledon fans who want to keep stocked up on summery treats for the tournament. This recipe makes ten large scones and four 250g jars of jam.”
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Queen Elizabeth's Drop Scones: A Perfect Teatime Treat
Queen Elizabeth's favorite scone for tea.
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Classic scones with jam & clotted cream
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“You can have a batch of scones on the table in 20 minutes with Jane Hornby’s storecupboard recipe, perfect for unexpected guests.”
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Blueberry Scones
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“These tender scones feature fresh blueberries, which leak rivulets of purple-blue juice into the dough around them as they bake, making for an especially enticing presentation.”
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Traditional Scones
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“These Traditional Scones with lemon curd and clotted cream are a wonderful teatime treat.”
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Sweet Potato Scones with Maple Glaze
When autumn leaves leave burnt orange, rust, and crimson trails on tree-lined streets, you know it’s time to bake a batch of Sweet Potato Scones. Deliciously flaky yet soft, these teatime scones taste like fall in every bite, with familiar flavors you won’t soon forget.
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Almond–Chocolate Chip Scones
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"Almonds and chocolate chips complement one another perfectly in tender scones that pair just as well with a rich brew of coffee as a full-bodied blend of tea. Whichever steaming beverage fills the pot, this recipe offers an ideal companion."
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Cheese and Chive Scones Recipe
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"Traditionally a sweet treat, Karen turns the cream tea on its head in her savory version. She serves her cheese and chive scones recipe with a quick tomato relish, herb and garlic cream cheese, and a pot of punchy Assam tea, which stands up wonderfully to the deliciously cheesy scones.”
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English Style Scones
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“These English Style Scones bake up light, tall and fluffy, and are a wonderful treat for breakfast or afternoon tea. Spread them with jam, clotted cream, butter, or simply eat them plain. They’re so delicious!”
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Cream Tea Scones
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“These scones couldn’t be more basic — or more delicious… enjoy ultra-tender, warm “cream tea” scones, perfect with butter and fresh preserves.”
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A Teatime Favorite: Healthy Black Currant Oat Scones
These delightful teatime treats,Black Currant Oat Scones, are healthy, easy to make, and absolutely tender, flaky, and delicious. Perfect with your favorite jam.
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Raspberry-Mint Scones
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“These Raspberry-Mint Scones are a special treat, perfect for spring tea menus.”
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Buttermilk Strawberry Scones
"A simple-to-make scone, that’s flaky and tender, with a perfect blend of sweet and tart. Finished off with a Lemon Butter Glaze that brings all the flavors together.”
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Strawberry Scones: Rustic Summer Scones with Tea
Indulge summer with this Fresh Strawberry Scone recipe. Incredibly easy to make with fresh strawberries. With no cutting or rolling dough, these scones are perfect for summer with a cup of afternoon tea.
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Gluten-Free Scones
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"These moist scones have delicately crunchy, golden-brown tops. We like to add dried fruit to these, but leave it out if you prefer."
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Wild Garlic and Cheddar Scones
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“I love using wild garlic when it’s in season and it goes wonderfully in these savory scones. It has a wonderful, subtle flavor but if you can’t get your hands on any, spring onion or chives will work nicely here too but do try to track some down if you can.”
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Chocolate Chip Scones
Perfect for a casual tea or sharing with children. They are super delicious and easy to make.
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Double Chocolate Scones with Butter Vanilla Glaze
Deliciously sweet and decadent -- perfect for a sweet afternoon tea.
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Fisher State Fair Favorite Scones and Raspberry Jam
A state fair summer treat can be perfect for Afternoon Tea too.
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Holiday White Chocolate Cranberry Scones
For fall and holiday afternoon tea, these White Chocolate Cranberry Scones are delicious. Buttery, mildly sweet, infused with fresh cranberries and rich, velvety white chocolate.
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Basic Scones Recipe
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"Here’s your basic “start here” scone recipe. While this simple vanilla scone is delicious as is, it’s also the perfect vehicle for your favorite add-ins; we happen to love dried cranberries and walnuts. Though chocolate chips are tempting, too!”
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Triple Chocolate Scones
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"Triple chocolate — you can’t argue with that! These scones feature chocolate chips studded throughout a tender, just-sweet-enough chocolate scone; the rich chocolate glaze makes this a triple treat.”
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Scottish Oat Scones with Honey Drizzle
If you’re looking for an easy, homemade scone for afternoon tea, or simply with a cup of coffee, theseScottish Oat Scones, drizzled with honey, is a classic favorite.They’re sweet and hearty, studded with raisins and made tender with buttermilk.
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Pumpkin Scones with Cinnamon Icing
These easy pumpkin scones are the first thing I bake when fall leaves begin to color. Filled with warm autumn spices, moist and tender, and drizzled with cinnamon icing. They're coffee shop perfect, especially with a morning latte.Or incredibly wonderful with afternoon tea.
