Orange-Cranberry Scones Posted by Happy Blogger , 4.1.10 at Monday, January 04, 2010, in

Good morning folks! I have made a new discovery into the art of scones. Just kidding, but I did come across a great recipe.


The other day I was really craving some sort of food. Nothing too too sweet, so I decided to make scones. I prowled through numerous recipe websites, when I came across a rather easy plain scone recipe. I made my first batch and thought they were rather delicious, and so I decided to expand my horizon and put in additional ingrediants. I remember, a long time ago, I was over at my uncles house for breakfast. In my family, he was the scone king and was famous for his delicious scones. In the midst of making them, he accidentally poured orange juice into the batter. Not letting that stop them, he cooked them up and they were seriously the best scones I had ever eaten. So, I decided to do what my uncle did... but on purpose.


Recipe:


2 cups of flour
1/4 cup white sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup butter
1 cup of milk


This is the plain recipe. You mix the dry ingrediants in a bowl, then you cut in the butter, then you add and stir in the milk. It should have a thicker consistancy, and then you roll it out into 3/4 inch thick rectangle, and cut into sizable scones and bake for 12 minutes at 425'


Now, the Orange ones. I often times find that I need to double recipe because they get eaten up pretty quickly (at my house at least) and so what I did was instead of putting the whole amound of milk in, I put 3/4 milk and 1/4 orange juice (concentrated orange juice is better because it gives it a stronger flavouring without completely diluting the dough). Add as much cranberries as you want, and bake the same as the plain scones.


As a glaze, I like to mix together about 2 tsp of butter with 3 tsps of powdered sugar (make your own estimates- I do) then I add a bit of orange juice or range concentrate to make almost a thing orange icing. When the scones are ready from the oven, take them out and glaze them right away. Eat them while they are hot (well, not too hot or you might burn your tongue) and enjoy.


Bon Appetit
-Happy Blogger