CRANBERRY ORANGE SCONES
These Cranberry Orange Scones are a delicious homemade treat bursting with cranberry and citrus flavor! Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or the holidays.
Why You’ll Love These Cranberry Orange Scones
These scones are perfect for any gathering but really shine during the holiday season! They are festive, delicious, and easy to make. They have the best flavor and it’s the perfect amount of sweetness and the orange is not overwhelming. These scones are great for Christmas morning with a cup of coffee! You can make them with or without the icing!
Tips
All flour is different and you may need to add more flour to this recipe if the dough is too wet and not the right consistency. You can make these in triangles or cut them into squares. We like to keep the dough about 1/2 inch thick. So you may need to make 2 balls of dough and work with that, or one bigger ball and have bigger scones. It’s totally your preference. We have made them both ways, smaller scones and bigger scones.
Swaps
You could easily switch out the cranberries for blueberries! Also use lemon if you want to make them a little different. This is a great versatile recipe!
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Cranberry Orange Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons orange zest
- 1 stick butter or 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup softened
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped fresh cranberries
Glaze:
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 5 to 6 tablespoons milk more or less
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and orange zest in a large bowl. Cut the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a separate bowl stir together the sour cream, egg, milk and vanilla extract. Stir into the flour mixture with a spoon. Fold in the chopped cranberries and mix
- Turn out onto a well floured surface, add flour and knead several times until you can roll out about 1/2 inch thick. You can roll out in a circle and cut with a pizza cutter to make diagonal scones or you can roll into small squares and cut into 2 diagonal pieces for smaller scones. You can even cut with a biscuit cutter if you want and make them round.
- Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and bake scones in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Makes 12 scones depending on size you make them.
Glaze Instructions
- Whisk together and drizzle over scones.
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Where’s the cold butter??!
The butter is clearly listed in the ingredients and in the directions. I’m not sure what you are asking.
I would love to make these for my sister, but she can’t have dairy or gluten. I have Pilsbury cup-for-cup non-gluten baking mix, so I’m covered for the flour…but what about the sour cream? Apple sauce might work, but it has no staying power (must be eaten quickly in a day or two). Just use more non-dairy “butter”?
Help?
Hi, unfortunately, I can’t help you change this recipe. We do not cook gluten-free or dairy-free. Thanks!
Could blueberries be used?
Yes, you could use blueberries.
I have strived to make good scones but have never came as close as these. They are a bit crunchy outside and very moist and tender inside. The flavor is wonderful! I want to try some other flavors using this recipe-blueberry pecan, lemon, cinnamon..
Thanks for another great recipe that I made successfully!
You’re so welcome!
Just popped these into the oven and can’t wait to try them. I am concerned that I had to add almost 2 cups of flour in order to make it “kneadable”. Does this sound correct? Could there be a misprint in the quantity of flour? Thank you in advance for your reply.
It is hard to know exactly how much flour in this type recipe since you can easily not have the original flour packed into the measuring cup or flour is presifted or not presifted. I think you will be fine, Jan, and hope you enjoy the scones. We love them.
Thank you. I brushed them with some melted butter before putting them into the oven. My Mum was from England…so I have fond memories of her scones, shepard’s pie, roast beef, etc. Trying to re-create some of those tastes from my childhood.
I made 1/2 the recipe and added at least a cup more flour while kneading,but ^hey turned out perfect!
Made these for Christmas for my neighbors. So much flavor in one scone. Totally satisfying. Had to make some for our house too! Thanks for sharing such a delicious recipe.
How wonderful! So glad you ALL enjoyed them! Thanks so much for letting me know 🙂
I made these scones today. My only comment is I couldn’t believe the amount of extra flour I had to use because the batter was so stick, and in order to knead the mixture I had to keep adding flour. After all that they did turn out, I would like to see a video of them being made. Cathleen
Hello from Germany! I need your help; I can’t eat all-purpose-flour because of gluten intollerance. Is there any other kind of flour I can use? I would be so glad, if you can give me any advice. Thank you so much Yours Suzanne
I would think you could use something like this: https://thrivemarket.com/bobs-red-mill-gluten-free-all-purpose-baking-flour?utm_source=nextag&utm_medium=pla&CAWELAID=120220540000010912
Hello and many thanks for your message! So nice to hear from you soon! I like to send best wishes to all, Suzanne