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Noleen Miller

Homemade Cranberry Scones

Soft, flaky and buttery homemade cranberry scones
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Scones
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 2 Tbsp castor sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 130 g unsalted butter (cold)
  • ½ cup dried cranberries
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 2 XL eggs
  • 1 Tbsp water
  • 1 tsp milk
Icing Glaze
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • ½ tsp vanilla essence

Method
 

For Scones
  1. Preheat over at 180ºC and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
  3. Grate in butter and work with fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs.
  4. In a separate bowl whisk 1 egg, buttermilk and water together.
  5. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
  6. Add cranberries and use a rubber spatula to fold in until all ingredients are combined.
  7. Knead lightly in the bowl until it forms a soft dough.
  8. Lightly flour a clean surface and turn out dough onto surface.
  9. Shape dough into a 20cm circle and cut into triangle shapes.
  10. Prepare egg wash by whisking the remaining egg with a teaspoon of milk.
  11. Place triangle cut outs onto baking tray and brush with egg wash.
  12. Bake for 15 minutes until golden.
  13. Allow to cool.
For Icing Glaze
  1. Combine icing sugar, milk and vanilla essence and stir until smooth.
  2. Drizzle over scones.