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These easy Cranberry Orange Scones are light and tender with a burst of zing from tart cranberries and orange zest. They come together fast using our simple Scone Baking Mix. Just add a few staple ingredients and some cranberries (fresh or frozen) and you’ll have the perfect breakfast treat in no time.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- DRY: Scone Baking Mix, Sugar
- WET: Butter, Eggs, Cream or Buttermilk
- MIX-INS: Cranberries, Orange, Vanilla
How to make Cranberry Orange Scones
Step 1: Make scone batter
Pour Scone Baking Mix into mixer or food processor. Add additional ingredients.
Step 2: Chill batter
Shape into a round disk about 1-2″ thick.. Chill 30 minutes up to overnight.
Step 3: Bake
Pre-heat oven to 350° and bake for 13 – 15 minutes.
Step 4: Storage
Store chilled cookie pucks up to one week in the refrigerator. Freeze up to 6 months.
Cranberry Orange Scones (Baking Mix)
Equipment
- baking pan
- Silpat or parchment paper
Ingredients
DRY INGREDIENTS
- 1 Scone Baking Mix
- ¼ c. sugar
- ½ tsp. cardamom or nutmeg
WET INGREDIENTS
- 6 T. unsalted butter (cold) small cubes
- 1 egg
- ½ c. buttermilk, cream or sour cream
- 2 T. orange zest
- 2 T. orange juice
- 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
MIX-INS
- 1 ½ c. fresh or dried cranberries course chop
GLAZE (optional)
- ½ c. confectioners sugar
- 1 T. orange zest
- 1 T. orange juice
- 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
Instructions
PREP
- Dice butter into cubes and put back in fridge or freezer.
MAKE BATTER
- Pour baking mix into mixer or food processor. Add cold butter until it becomes course crumb texture.
- Add liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and pulse until just combined.
- Toss cranberries in flour and gently fold into the dough.
- Shape batter into a 8" round disk and place in refrigerator for 15 minutes to overnight.
- Place parchment or silicone baking mat on baking sheet Use sharp bench scraper to cut into 8 triangles. Separate out pieces and brush heavy cream and course sanding sugar on top.
BAKE
- Bake at 375° for 20-22 minutes. Let cool and drizzle orange glaze on top.
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