Orange-cranberry Scones

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 32 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 1/2 teaspoons orange zest, minced
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter, cold
• 1/2 cup mandarin orange segments, chopped
• 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries, chopped
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees f, & grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, mix flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, baking powder & orange zest.
• 3 cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs, then stir in mandarin oranges & cranberries.
• 4 in another bowl, mix sour cream, egg, orange juice & vanilla, beating until smooth.
• 5 stir this sour cream mixture into the flour mixture until well mixed.
• 6 spread batter into prepared pan & sprinkle with the 1 tablespoon of sugar.
• 7 bake 28-32 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean & scone is lightly browned.
• 8 cool 5 minutes in pan, then remove from pan & cut into wedges.
• 9 best served warm, but any leftovers should be refrigerated.