Wake-N-Bake Wednesday! Cranberry Orange Scones!

February 4, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Recipes: Home, Skin, Food

Who doesn’t love a good scone? Maybe you should enjoy these with some fair trade organic coffee? YUM! Craig and I had these last week. I think, um, no I know that I ate over half of them. what can I say, working at a bakery for over 6 years, my baking kinda rocks! haha!

These really are easy! Don’t let the word scone intimidate you!

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Servings: 10

Ingredients:

As always use organic when possible please, for you and me!

2 cups flour
10 teaspoons sugar, divided
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
5 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
1 egg
1 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup orange Juice
1/4 cup Half and Half
1 tablespoon Milk

Instructions:

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Combine flour, 7 teaspoons of the sugar, orange peel, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. Use a pastry cutter or two knives to cut in butter until the pieces are about the size of sunflower seeds.

Beat egg in a small bowl. Stir in cranberries, orange juice and half-and-half until well-combined. Stir wet mixture into dry mixture until barely combined.

Transfer dough to a floured surface and knead lightly 6 to 8 times. Pat dough into an 8-inch circle and slice into 10 equal wedges with a sharp knife (or cut out rounds with a biscuit cutter).

Place scones on an ungreased baking sheet, brush with milk and sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake until high and golden, 12-15 minutes.