Cranberry Scones

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3/4 cup buttermilk or 3/4 cup plain yogurt
• 1 egg
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup coarsely chopped cranberries (fresh or frozen)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 orange, rind of
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1/4 cup icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 beat buttermilk and egg in small bowl and set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, measure flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• 4 cut in butter until mixture resembles small peas.
• 5 mix in cranberries, sugar and orange rind.
• 6 add buttermilk mixture and stir until soft dough forms.
• 7 using your hands, form dough into a large ball and place on floured surface.
• 8 knead about 10 times pat into two circles about 1 inch thick, place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 9 score the tops of both circles to make 8 wedges on each, if making for a buffet, for regular scones, score each circle into 4 wedges.
• 10 bake scones for 15-20 minutes.
• 11 while still warm, brush with butter and sprinkle with icing sugar.