Orange-Cranberry Scones

"This recipe comes from the 2004 cookbook, The Joy of Cranberries: The Tangy Red Treat, that I received from my partner in my 1st cookbook swap here on Zaar! Great served with either a cranberry butter or an orange butter!"
 
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Ready In:
37mins
Ingredients:
12
Yields:
8 scones
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F, & grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
  • In a mixing bowl, mix flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, baking powder & orange zest.
  • Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs, then stir in Mandarin oranges & cranberries.
  • In another bowl, mix sour cream, egg, orange juice & vanilla, beating until smooth.
  • Stir this sour cream mixture into the flour mixture until well mixed.
  • Spread batter into prepared pan & sprinkle with the 1 tablespoon of sugar.
  • Bake 28-32 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean & scone is lightly browned.
  • Cool 5 minutes in pan, then remove from pan & cut into wedges.
  • Best served warm, but any leftovers should be refrigerated.

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Reviews

  1. A very nice scone recipe. The blend of flavors between the orange and the dried cranberries was fantastic. They are more cake-like than I am used to with a scone but that was still fine. Served them to friends too at church and they were very well received. One minor change was I used a cinnamon/sugar mix for the sugar sprinkle on top but nothing major. Baked in 30 minutes for a perfect golden brown top! Tagged in 123Hits.
     
  2. I really enjoyed these scones, and they were very easy to make. I also really liked the fact that they were cooked whole in a pan and then cut after cooling, as opposed to rolling and patting triangles. The cakey texture was wonderful and was not as dry as your typical scone. I will be making this again! Thanks for posting.
     
  3. It was my first time baking scones in a cake pan and it was a great way. I mixed the dry ingredients with the butter in my food processor. And then poured everything in a large bowl to add the other ingredients. The scones are so yummy. Thanks Syd :) Made for your win in bargain basement tag game
     
  4. Yum, I loved these. I had quite a few of the ingredients needed in the frisge to use up but did a make a few subs. I used dried cherries in place of cranberries, yoghurt in place of sour cream & Splenda in place of sugar. My substitutions did not seem to affect the outcome of these delicious little treats. Thanks for posting!
     
  5. Mmmmmmm! I love oranges and cranberries together. This was the first scone recipe that I have made that didn't get rolled or patted into a circular shape. The textured was a little more cakey than the usual scone texture. Very easy to make and the taste is wonderful. Made for December, 2008 Aussie/NZ Swap.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Yum, I loved these. I had quite a few of the ingredients needed in the frisge to use up but did a make a few subs. I used dried cherries in place of cranberries, yoghurt in place of sour cream & Splenda in place of sugar. My substitutions did not seem to affect the outcome of these delicious little treats. Thanks for posting!
     

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