Orange Breakfast Scones

JanetB-KY's Note:

Another from the Land O Lake site, this one I have tried before though. It is quite good though I changed it a little with the addition of the orange and vanilla extracts.

• Total Time: 48 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 28 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 ½ teaspoons freshly grated orange rind
• 1⁄3; cup butter
• ½ cup mandarin orange segments , chopped
• ½ cup dried sweetened cranberries , chopped
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon orange extract
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons orange juice or 2 tablespoons mandarin orange liquid
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 400°F; combine flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, baking powder and orange peel in large bowl.
2. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; stir in Mandarin oranges and cranberries.
3. Combine sour cream, egg, extracts and orange juice in small bowl; beat with wire whisk until smooth; stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until well mixed. (Mixture will be dry seeming.)
4. Spread into greased 9-inch round cake pan & sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
5. Bake for 28 to 32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and scone is lightly browned.
6. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan then cut into wedges.

Reviews

[Julie B's Hive]

Delicious! Next time I'll go heavier on the orange and lighter on the vanilla.