Description
These Cranberry Orange Scones are delicious and so easy to make! You’ll love their crumbly texture, bright cranberry-orange flavor, and yummy orange glaze.
Ingredients
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- 2 3/4 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1/3 cup sugar (for a sweeter scone, increase sugar to 1/2 cup)
- 1 tablespoon Baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cold butter cut into pieces
- 1.5 tsp grated orange zest
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup of cranberries
- 1/2 cup to 2/3 cup heavy cream
- Optional: 1 egg beaten with 2 tbsp water or milk, for egg wash (I skipped this)
- 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus 2 tbsp
- 4 tsp freshly squeezed orange juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder and orange zest.
With a pastry blender, two knives, or a mixer, work the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles pea-sized crumbles. - Stir in Cranberries.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and cream /milk.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until combined. The dough will look lumpy and be very thick.
- Use a biscuit cutter to make biscuit-shaped scones or form the dough into 2 3/4 inch circles. (Use a wet knife to cut the circles into 6 wedges each.)
- Optional: brush the tops of the dough with the egg wash and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the tops are golden brown and the scones are firm to the touch.
- Allow the scones to cool for 15 minutes and then whisk together the confectioners’ sugar and orange juice, and drizzle over the scones.