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I made scones!! Finally! This has been on my list forever. If you have made scones on your site, I have more than likely commented that I have never made them, but wanted to. Well, thankfully for you, I will stop with my comments! After I made my Meyer Lemon Curd, I was trying to think of things to eat it with. Scones seemed like the perfect pairing to me. I went to my Cooks Illustrated cookbook, and sure enough they had a few different recipes. I went with the basic one, and used dried cranberries instead of currants. The whole family enjoyed the scones. My husband isn’t much of a sweets for breakfast kind of guy (except for donuts), but he liked them. He did put in a request for a savory scone if I make them again. My 6 year old said they were great, although he wasn’t a fan of the curd with it. I am excited by how easy these were. I see different versions being tried in our house again!
Scones
Softer and tender cranberry scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups (10 oz) Flour
- 1 Tbls Baking Powder
- 3 Tbls Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 5 Tbls butter, , cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup Dried Cranberries, , chopped
- 1 cup Heavy Cream, (I only had Whole Milk)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- In a food processor pulse together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until combined (about 3 times). Sprinkle butter around the top of the flour. Puls until it resembles coarse sand, about 12 pulses. Transfer to a large bowl, and fold in cranberries. Stir in cream until it starts to form a dough (about 30 seconds).
- Turn dough onto a floured surface, and knead until a rough ball forms (5 to 10 seconds). Pan into a 9 inch circle, and cut into 8 wedges. Place wedges on a lined baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the tops are golden brown. Transfer baking sheet to a wire rack, and allow to cook for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
Adapted from Cook's Illustrated
Nutrition Information
Yield
8Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 202Total Fat 18gSaturated Fat 11gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 53mgSodium 272mgCarbohydrates 11gFiber 1gSugar 10gProtein 1g
YAY! They look delicious! Congratulations – it’s the perfect thing for your lemon curd!
These scones are perfection 😀
Glad you have finally made some and keep making more (as a reader request 😉
Cheers
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I made scones for the first time over the summer…love how easy they are! I bet the dried cranberries in these were quite delicious with the lemon curd.
Fabolous recipe! I love scones and I have been wanting to make them for a while. I’m wondering if they would be ok to freeze? I know scones taste best the first day you make them, but I won’t be abble to eat them all, well maybe I could? Funny is my Husband and Step-daughter do not like the same types of fruit and vegetables I like, so it makes it difficult sometimes to cook the foods I love.
I didn’t freeze mine, but I think they would do well. They are very similar to a muffin, and those freeze perfectly. I should have tried it!
I can’t believe this is your first scone recipe, with all the baking you do! Welcome to the wonderful world of scones…aren’t they amazing? Yours are gorgeous and what a fun combo with the lemon curd (although not for me, not a fan, but lots of people are I know). Scones are so versatile and a wonderful Saturday morning treat!
I love scones, but have never made them! Your turned out beautiful, with the bonus of the lemon curd
Scones are one of my favorite things ever! Yours look amazing and I’m so glad you were finally able to make them! 🙂
They look delicious, Erin! Scones are one of my favorite kinds of quick breads and I’ve made this one (the unadapted one with currants… I think I like your version better) before. I LOVE 99% of the recipes from Cooks Illustrated.
Welcome to the wonderful world of scone making 🙂 We love them and I make all kinds of flavors all the time. I haven’t attempted lemon curd yet although I love it!
You know I’m a little freaked out by dough and I must say I did try to make scones once from scratch. Well it didn’t turn out as well as your scones so that’s why dough still freaks me out. 🙂 I am going to follow your recipe here and see if I can get over my scone hurdle!! Kudos to you for doing it!! Well done. 🙂