
These orange-scented cranberry
scones may be made with traditional fall and winter flavors,
but they're so good you'll want to enjoy them year-round.
Cranberry
Orange Scones
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 large egg
1 cup Ocean Spray® Craisins® Original Sweetened Dried
Cranberries
2 teaspoons orange zest
Sugar
- Preheat oven to 425°F
(220°C). Grease a cookie sheet.
- Combine dry ingredients
in a large mixing bowl. Work butter or margarine into dry ingredients
until butter is the size of small peas using a pastry blender
or fork. Add remaining ingredients, mixing just until dry ingredients
are moist.
- Turn dough onto a lightly-floured
surface and gather into a ball. Pat into a circle 3/4-inch thick;
cut into 8 wedges. Place on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake 15 to 18 minutes
or until light golden brown.
Makes 8 scones.
Recipe and photograph provided
courtesy of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.