These soft and flaky scones are so scrumptious, and they’re one of the easiest things to bake. Before I started baking on a weekly basis, I thought scones would be difficult to make, but they really aren’t. They’ve become one of my favourite things to bake over the years, because to me, they’re one of the greatest comfort foods. Enjoy!
Ingredients
1/2 cup 3.25% milk -room temperature
1 large egg -room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup unsalted butter -room temperature
2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup frozen cranberries -use the small ones
1 tbsp milk
7-9 tbsp icing sugar
Directions
- Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Whisk together the milk, egg, and vanilla. Set aside.
- Put the butter in a large bowl.
- Put the flour, baking powder, sugar, and cinnamon into a sifter. Sift the dry ingredients on top of the butter.
- Cut the butter into the dry ingredients.
- Mix in the cranberries.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together using a spoon.
- Knead to incorporate the ingredients. Don't overwork the dough. The ingredients don’t have to be fully combined.
- Form a ball. The dough will be soft.
- Flour a hard surface and place the dough on top. Flour the top of the dough as well.
- Flatten the dough till it’s roughly 1 inch thick. Keep the dough in a circle.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into 8 triangles.
- Place on the parchment paper.
- Bake for 22-24 minutes.
- Place the scones on a wire rack to cool.
- When the scones are cooled, whisk together the milk and icing sugar until smooth.
- Drizzle the icing on top of the scones.
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