A perfectly sweet scone recipe using dried cranberries with a secret to plump, juicy cranberry bites!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword cranberry, orange, scone, scone recipe
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Chilling time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 8people
Calories 892kcal
Ingredients
For scones:
3cupsflour
1/3cupsugar
1tablespoonbaking powder
1tspsalt
3/4cupchilled buttercut into pieces
2lgeggs
1/2-2/3cupcold buttermilkfor a quick substitution, see below--start with 1/2 cup and add more as needed if the dough feels too dry. During the summer, you won't need as much. In the winter, you'll need more.
1tbsptab vanilla
1cupdried cranberries
2tab grated orange peel
1tspfresh rosemary, finely choppedfor dried, use 1/3 teaspoon.
For glaze:
1cuppowdered sugar
1/3cuporange juice
2tab vodkaoptional
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Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Put flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, orange peel, and rosemary into large bowl.
Add butter and mix into flour mixture...gotta use your fingers! You want it to look like crumbs.
Mix in cranberries.
In a separate bowl mix buttermilk, vanilla, and eggs together.
Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until the hold together (often I have to use floured fingers for the final mixing--don't use your hands too much because the warmth will cause the butter to melt!)
Put the dough onto a floured counter and knead a few times so it sticks together. About 4-6 times.
Form the dough into a circle about 9 inches in diameter. Cut into 8 wedges. (if you have time pop the wedges into the freezer for about an hour)
Put the wedges onto the baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
If you are skipping the glaze, brush the scones with milk and sprinkle with sugar. If using the glaze skip this step.
Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool about 10 minutes.
For glaze:
Mix all ingredients together.
If necessary, to achieve needed thickness add more powdered sugar.
Drizzle the glaze on top of the cooled scones.
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Notes
To make buttermilk : Put 1 tablespoon lemon juice into 1 cup milk. Let sit for about 5 minutes. Wa la! Buttermilk.Nutrition facts do not include the glaze.