Saturday, April 23, 2011

Cranberry-Lemon Scones

Original Recipe: Cranberry-Lemon Scones from Bon Appetit, 5/96, p. 50 (got this one from Nick back at Brown)


Ingredients:

2 cups flour
¾ cup dried cranberry
¼ cup sugar + some to sprinkle on top
1 Tb lemon zest + some to sprinkle on top
1 Tb baking powder
1 ¼ cup whipping cream
½ tsp salt        
3 Tb melted butter

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 425F.
  1. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  1.  Add zest, cranberries, and cream.
  1. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface.
  1. Knead gently, then form dough into a sheet one inch thick.
  1. Cut out scones with glass or cutter; or make pie slice wedges.
  2. Brush on butter, then sprinkle with lemon zest and sugar.
  1. Bake 15 minutes on ungreased cookie sheets.

Baker: vitrailmiroir

Assessment: SO GOOD. These are so quick to make, and they're a favorite with the group of boys and girls I hung with at Brown. The men were the first to make them, they're so good.

Fixes: Doesn't need any. I just need a better oven, cuz mine is apparently really hot underneath.

Future Deliciousness: They would go so well with a warm beverage... Either earl grey or some creamy coffee.

Extra Credit:
They'd probably look better if I hadn't managed to burn the bottoms or if I'd used my camera for this pic rather than my phone. But I'm lucky I got the pic, they were going so quickly!

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