Scones aren’t just for high tea or the latest episode of Great British Bakeoff. With bright cranberry and creamy white chocolate these scones are the perfect combination of sweet and tart. Learn how to make the best cranberry white chocolate scones at home.
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Scones are a type of quick bread originally from the UK. Using baking powder as a leavener (as opposed to yeast) to obtain rise the method for making scones is pretty similar to southern biscuits. Whether I’m making them for weekend breakfast or to go with a spot of afternoon tea scones are one of my favorite things to bake (take a look at my apple scones with maple cinnamon glaze and savory ham and cheese scones).
Ingredients for Cranberry White Chocolate Scones
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- unsalted butter
- buttermilk
- eggs
- sugar
- vanilla
- fresh cranberries
- white chocolate chips
- water
- powdered sugar
- milk
How to Make Cranberry White Chocolate Scones
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add frozen grated butter and mix together with your hands until flour mixture is crumbly taking care not to overwork the dough. Stir in cranberries and white chocolate chips. In a medium bowl whisk together buttermilk, sugar, egg and vanilla. Pour this into the larger bowl with the flour mixture and stir together until everything is combined.
Turn the dough out onto a silicon baking mat or parchment paper and using floured hands (the dough will be sticky) shape the dough into an 8 inch circle. Using a bench scraper or knife coated in cooking spray or oil cut the dough into 8 wedges. Separate the wedges slightly and brush the tops of the scones with an egg wash made by whisking together 1 large egg with 1 tbsp of water.
Transfer the baking mat or parchment paper to a baking sheet and bake the scones for 22-24 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool for several minutes.
While the scones are cooling prepare the glaze. In a small bowl stir together powdered sugar and milk until fully combined. Drizzle over the scones and serve as desired.
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Cranberry White Chocolate Scones
Equipment
- 2 mixing bowls
- 1 Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter frozen and grated
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs divided (1 for the dough and 1 for the egg wash)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add grated butter and mix together with your hands until flour mixture is crumbly taking care not to overwork the dough. Stir in cranberries and white chocolate chips.
- In a medium bowl whisk together buttermilk, sugar, egg and vanilla. Pour this into the larger bowl with the flour mixture and stir together until everything is combined.
- Turn the dough out onto a silicon baking mat or parchment paper and using floured hands (the dough will be sticky) shape the dough into an 8 inch circle. Using a bench scraper or knife coated in cooking spray or oil cut the dough into 8 wedges. Separate the wedges slightly and brush the tops of the scones with egg wash made by whisking together 1 large egg with 1 tbsp of water.
- Transfer the baking mat or parchment paper to a baking sheet and bake the scones for 22-24 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool for several minutes.
- While the scones are cooling prepare the glaze. In a small bowl stir together powdered sugar and milk until fully combined. Drizzle over the scones and serve as desired.
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Noelle says
Step 3 instructs to “Separate the wedges slightly and brush the tops of the scones with cream.” but cream is not on the ingredient list. What kind/fat percentage of cream?
Brianna Simmons says
Hi Noelle, I recently changed my scones to be brushed with an egg wash instead of cream. I’ve updated the cranberry scone recipe 🙂
Belle says
These scones are absolutely delicious! The recipe is simple and easily to follow. They were a crowd pleaser and made me look like a chef!
Brianna Simmons says
Aw, this makes me so happy to hear! Definitely one of my faves for the holiday season.
Kristy says
Hi! I’m struggling to find fresh cranberries, am I able to make this with frozen whole cranberries as an alternative?
Brianna Simmons says
While I haven’t personally made it with frozen cranberries I think that would work. Let me know how they turn out!
Sebia says
Great recipe! I used wax paper and dried cranberry and it just took about 15mins to cook. It was very easy to make and came out fluffy and moist.
Brianna Simmons says
I’m so glad you like these scones!
Dana says
The perfect balance of sweet and tart!
Diane B says
I am not a baker at all. I love to keep trying though! These turned out great!
Brianna Simmons says
I’m so glad you liked them Diane!