Cranberry Orange Scones

Submitted by PalatablePastime

"A must-have around the holidays, but nice to make all year round."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
• 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons orange juice

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Mix together flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Stir in cranberries and orange peel.
4. In a small bowl, mix buttermilk and egg; add to dry ingredients all at once, stirring until mixture is just moistened.
5. On a floured board, knead gently a few times, but not too much.
6. Form into a patty on an ungreased cookie sheet; cut into 8 wedges with a knife but do not move it.
7. Bake at 400 degrees F.
8. for 15-25 minutes or until light golden.
9. Mix together powdered sugar and orange juice into a glaze; drizzle over scones.
10. Separate scones and serve warm.

Reviews

[amanda_c]

The flavor of these was excellent. I prefer my scones a little more dense and less cakey than this but overall very good. These weren't dry at all and went together easily.

 

[Crunchy Numbers]

So easy and so good. Like another reviewer, I used sour cream instead of the buttermilk. It worked great! Most scones I have tried have been dry, but these are not. I plan to use this as the base recipe for all other scone variations.

 

[Rachel Castle]

Okay, these were so good! My daughter made these for our family and they were so good. Next time I think we will try the Blueberry with Lemon zest, that sounds real good too. Thanks for posting, we will be making these again soon.<br/>Rachel Castle

 

[KCDEE]

I made these for a breakfast tea I had for my friend and her assistant just returning from a trip. They were fabulous!! I tweaked the recipe a bit by adding an equal amount of sour cream instead of the buttermilk, as I was out of the buttermilk. They came out moist and delicious! Thanks Sue Lou for this great recipe...so easy and tasty! I give it five stars and will definitely make it again!!

 

[katie in the UP]

These are simple and fabulous! Thank you!! I doubled the batch...next time I will triple it :) I used blood oranges....and the icing turned pink...next time I will use regular ones :)