These simple Orange Cranberry Scones are flavored with fresh orange zest and sweet dried cranberries, for a delicious flavor combination!
Ingredients
3cupsall purpose flour
1cupsugar
1tbspbaking powder
1orangezested
pinch of salt
1/2tspground cinnamon
1/16tspground clovesoptional
1/16tspground nutmegoptional
1.5sticks cold butter
1cupdried cranberriesor you can use cherries or other dried fruit
3/4cupheavy creamplus more if needed
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, orange zest, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg until combined.
Cut the butter up into pea sized pieces. Add the butter to your dry ingredients bowl and rub the butter and flour mixture with your fingers until a coarse meal forms, and all the cubes of butter have been rubbed.
Dump in your cranberries and almonds, and toss with your hands to evenly incorporate them. Make a well in the center of the bowl, and add in your cream, starting only with the 1/2 cup. Using your hands, incorporate the cream to make a dough. If the dough feels too crumbly and won’t come together when you press it with your fingers, add the next 2 tbsp, one tbsp at a time.
Dump your scone mixture onto your countertop, and if looks all crumbly, it’s okay. You should be able to press it together (and if you can’t, put the crumbly dough back in the bowl and add another tbsp of cream).
Form a 1-1.5 inch disk with the scone dough, and use a knife to cut it up into 6-8 wedges.
If the dough crumbles, don’t worry about it, just press it together again. Place the scone wedges on a baking sheet, and bake for 20-25 minutes. Let them rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack