Cranberry Scones from Sconed to Death
"I've had scones before, but this recipe makes me thing of October's chilly mornings and sitting with a book and a cup of coffee" (Lynn Cahoon, Author).
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tst salt
- 4 tbsp cold butter cut into chunks
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- ½ cup half and half
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a large bowl mix first 3 ingredients
- Mix the cold butter into the flour with a pastry knife until the mixture looks like small peas
- Add sugar and cranberries
- In a small bowl, beat together half and half and the egg
- Add wet mixture to dry, but don't overmix. Then knead the dough no more that a dozen times. Roll out onto a floured surface and cut the circle into 8 wedges. Place the scones on a lightly greased cookie sheet and brush some half and half on the top
- Bake for 10-14 minutes. Serve warm with butter
- Enjoy.