These White Chocolate Cranberry Scones make the perfect Christmas scone. Soft, tender and filled with dried cranberries and white chocolate chips, these are the perfect Christmas brunch or breakfast.
35gicing (powdered / confectioners) sugar(¼ cup / 1.2oz)
3 ½teaspoonsbaking powder
¼teaspoonsalt
75gunsalted butter, cold and grated(3 oz / ¾ stick)
zest of half an orange
½cupwhite chocolate chips(90g / 3.2oz)
⅔cupdried cranberries(85g / 3oz)
1cupcold milk (put aside 2 teaspoons)(250ml)
1egg yolk, from a large egg
For the Glaze
130gicing (powdered / confectioners) sugar(1 cup / 4.6oz)
3 teaspoonsmilk
For best results, always weigh ingredients where a weight is provided
Instructions
Preheat oven to 200C / 400F / 180C fan forced. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
In a large bowl, use a whisk to combine the flour, icing sugar, baking powder, salt and orange zest.
Add the cold grated butter and using either your fingertips, a knife or pastry cutter, gently blend the butter into the flour until only small pieces remain.
Reserve 2 teaspoons of milk, then use a spoon to stir the rest through the dry mixture, along with the chocolate chips and cranberries until you have a sticky dough.
Turn the dough out into a sheet of baking paper and gently pull together then flatten the dough into a disk about 1 inch high.
Use a sharp knife, dipped in flour, to cut the dough into 8 triangles. Transfer to the prepared baking tray.
Mix together the reserved milk and egg yolk, then brush over the tops of the triangles.
Bake for 16-18 minutes until golden on top. Allow to cool for 15 minutes.
For the glaze
Mix the icing sugar and extra milk together. Once the scones have cooled a little, drizzle the glaze and. You can let it set a little before serving if you like or serve immediately.
Notes
For best results, you should always weigh ingredients like flour and sugar. Kitchen scales are relatively cheap but if you can’t weigh the ingredients, use the spoon and level method (don’t scoop).
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