Cranberry-Raisin Scones
"A very British treat, served with butter, or with clotted cream and strawberry jam. From the blog at delicious:days."
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 1⁄2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fine sea salt (or other non-iodized fine salt)
- 4 1⁄2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut in small cubes and frozen
- 3 tablespoons golden raisins
- 3 tablespoons dried cranberries
- 1⁄4 cup low-fat milk or 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon low-fat milk or 1 tablespoon buttermilk
- coarse sugar, for garnish
directions
- Preheat oven to 425°F Line a baking sheet with parchment or a Silpat.
- In a food processor, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Process briefly to combine. Add ice-cold butter cubes and pulse five or six times, until the butter is cut into chunks no bigger than a small pea. Add raisins and cranberries and pulse once or twice more to distribute. Add milk or buttermilk and pulse until dough is just combined and shows no large spots of dry flour; add more flour if dough appears too wet.
- Sprinkle half the remaining flour on a board. Turn out the dough onto the flour and sprinkle with the last of the flour. Knead by hand just 3 or 4 times. Pat into a disc about 1 1/4 inches thick (about 6" across). Using a long, sharp knife, cut disc into 6 wedges. Cut straight up-and-down, and do not drag the knife through the dough, or it will rise unevenly. (Alternatively, use a 2.5-inch round cookie cutter and cut into 6 rounds, or pat into a 7.5x5 inch rectangle and cut into 6 2.5-inch squares.).
- Place scones on lines baking sheet. Beat egg yolk and milk, and brush onto each scone. Sprinkle each scone with a small pinch of coarse sugar. Bake in the middle of the preheated oven for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes on pan, then transfer to a wire rack until cool enough to handle. Serve warm with butter or clotted cream and jam.
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DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!
