Friday, February 18, 2011

Dreamy Cream Orange Cranberry Scones

So I have to help cook a breakfast for the teacher's next week. I am SOOO making these. I just made them tonight. I modified Smitten Kitchen's take on it and just couldn't resist adding an Orange Glaze.

These are perfect.

Dreamy Cream Scones
America’s Test Kitchen Cookbook

2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons chilled, unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped into smaller bits
1 cup heavy cream (oh yeah baby)

1. Turn on the oven to 425°F.

2. Mix flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in large bowl.

3. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. I like forks or using the food processor but just for a few seconds. Stir in cranberries.

4. Stir in cream.

5. Knead dough by hand just until it comes together into a rough, sticky ball. Form scones by pressing the dough into a 3/4-inch thick circle. Cut pieces with a biscuit cutter. Press remaining scraps back into another piece.

6. Place rounds on ungreased baking sheet and bake until scone tops are baaaarely light brown, 12 to 15 minutes.


Orange Glaze

1 cup powdered sugar

Orange Juice

Orange Zest (about 2 teaspoons)


Mix all together. Add just enough Orange Juice to get it to a liquid consistency.

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