Whisk together the flour and sugar in a large bowl.
Add cold butter cubes and cut them into the flour using a pastry blender. Once the butter is incorporated, the mixture will look like slightly lumpy sand.
Take the makeshift buttermilk, which should be slightly foamy and curdled at this point, and give it a quick whisk. Add the almond extract and cinnamon to the buttermilk, and whisk lightly to incorporate.
Add buttermilk mixture and the beaten egg to the dry ingredients. Mix with a spatula until halfway incorporated, then add the blueberries to the bowl. Fold the blueberries into the mixture and finish mixing the wet and dry ingredients. It's okay if a few berries break open, but you might want to finish mixing using your bare hands if too many berries start to burst.
Once the dough comes together, turn it out onto a well-floured surface. Turn it over a few times and knead gently. Form the dough into a ball, then divide the ball into two pieces. Flatten each piece into a disc about 1 inch thick.
Transfer the discs to your prepared baking sheet and place them next to each other, leaving space in between. Use a serrated knife dipped in flour to cut each disc into six (about equal) pieces.
Brush the top of the scone pieces with the 1/4 cup of milk.
Bake scones at 350F for 25-30 minutes, until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick in the center of the scones comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes on sheet pan, then remove individual scones to a cooling rack. Let cool completely in order to drizzle with glaze, but feel free to eat them while they're warm if you're not planning to glaze them!