A Little Place of my Own

Welcome readers!
To kick start my blog off right, I have decided to share with you all my favorite scone recipe. When I first thought of scones, I thought about hard little biscuit that are served with tea! But this recipe is So, So, So wonderful and there is nothing hard about these little critters! So try something new! I know you will love them.

Orange Cranberry Scones
2 cups flour
7 tsp sugar
1 TBSP grated orange peel
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup cold butter
3oz cranberries (about 1/2 package or 3/4 cup)
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup half and half (could substitute fat-free half & Half)
1 egg
1 TBSP milk
sugar to sprinkle on top
Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1TBSP orange juice
Orange Butter
1/2 cup softened butter
2-3 TBSP Orange marmalade
Preheat oven to 400.
In a food processor combine orange peel and sugar and process till fine. Add flour, baking powder,salt, and baking soda. Pulse till combined then scrape down sides. Cut in Cold butter and pulse about 10 times or until butter is crumbled and combined.
In small bowl, mix together the orange juice, half & half, and egg. Add to food processor and pulse about 4 times once its all combined, add the cranberries and pulse thre to four times more until combined. Pour out onto floured surface and pat into an 8 inch circle. Cut into 10 wedges. Place on baking sheet (I line mine with parchment.) Brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400 for 12-15 min or until golden. Remove to wire rack.
For Glaze: Combine ingredients and drizzle over warm scones.
For Orange Butter: Combine ingredients and spread onto warm scones.

*To make chocolate chip scones, omit orange peel and orange juice. In the place of the orange juice, simply use 1 1/2 tsp vanilla and enough water to make 1/4 cup. Substitute chocolate chips in for the cranberries.

*Other combinations should work too so be CREATIVE!!