Name: Cranberry Orange Scones
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 4 cups plus 1/4 cup flour; 1/4 cup sugar, plus additional for sprinkling; 2 tablespoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 tablespoon grated orange zest; 3/4 pound cold unsalted butter, diced; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 cup cold heavy cream; 1 cup dried cranberries; 1 egg beaten with 2 tablespoons water or milk, for egg wash

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Cranberry Orange Scones are even better than your favorite coffee shop! Buttery scones full of orange zest and dried cranberries.

Prepare yourselves, I have a major complaint about the world.

Okay, so, I bought a car two days ago and spent hours filling out forms. Yesterday I spent a good portion of my day filling out rental applications for the move.

And here’s my complaint: it’s 2015. Why am I still filling out all these paper forms?

WHY?!

I did the online application so I could avoid printing and faxing. Why did I then have to go and fill out the same stuff on a piece of paper?!

I run my entire business online. I sign contracts, I fill out tax forms, I do it all online. If you need me to print something and sign it, it’ll take weeks. Weeks. Because I don’t own a printer. And if you need me to fax something… it probably won’t happen. Ever. Is that even a thing? Like, do they still sell fax machines? Why do you even have a fax number?

Get an email address.

I’ll print the form (it may take awhile) and then email it to you. It works, I promise.

Guys, I’ve been living on the internet since I built my first Geocities site in 1996. Complete with lava lamp clip art. I really thought that by this time in my life, I’d literally be able to do everything online.

Sometime between printing all 12 pages of the rental applications and sending them off, I made some scones. Because buttery pastry is the only thing that soothes my soul when I’m aggravated that the world won’t just do what I want it to do.

#onlychildproblems

When I was in the Los Angeles airport last week, the only food places close to my gate were a Carl’s Jr and a coffee place so for lunch I had french fries and a cranberry scone. And it was the worst cranberry orange scone ever. I’ve been wanting a good one ever since and finally made a batch. They’re so good – especially if you warm them up and smear a decent amount of butter on them. Mmm!

Cranberry Orange Scones - even better than your favorite coffee shop! Buttery scones full of orange zest and dried cranberries.

Ingredients

Flour
Sugar – sugar is going in the scone dough and getting sprinkled on top.
Baking Powder – this is the leavener in these scones which makes them rise up.
Salt
Orange Zest – use a microplane to remove the orange part of the orange rind.
Butter – make sure it’s very cold. You want pockets of butter in the finished scones.
Eggs – these are going in the dough and you’ll be making an egg wash to brush over the scones so they brown nicely.
Heavy cream – make sure it’s very cold when you add it to the dough.
Dried cranberries – I suggest the ones without added sugar for this recipe. The tart cranberries are a really nice contrast to the sweet, buttery dough.

How To Make Cranberry Orange Scones

Mix dry ingredients. Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and orange zest.
Add butter. Add the cold butter and mix at the lowest speed until the butter is the size of peas.
Add wet ingredients. Add eggs and heavy cream to the dry ingredients.
Add cranberries. Combine the dried cranberries and ¼ cup of flour, add to the dough.
Roll dough out. Move the dough onto a well-floured surface. Roll the dough about ¾-inch thick. Cut pieces of dough.
Add egg wash. Brush the tops of the scones with egg wash, sprinkle with sugar.
Bake. Bake at 400 for 20 to 25 minutes.

How Long Are They Good For?

Scones are good for 2 – 3 days. Make sure to store them in an airtight container at room temperature.

Yield: 14 scones