Cranberry Orange Scones

Here’s a bakery-style Cranberry Orange Scones recipe — tender inside with crisp golden edges 🍊✨

🍊 Cranberry Orange Scones

🧁 Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• Zest of 1 large orange
• ½ cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
• ½ cup dried cranberries (or fresh, chopped)
• ½ cup heavy cream (plus extra for brushing)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1–2 tbsp fresh orange juice

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment.
2. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and orange zest.
3. Cut in cold butter using a pastry cutter or fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
4. Stir in cranberries.
5. In a small bowl, whisk cream, egg, vanilla, and orange juice.
6. Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients. Stir just until combined (don’t overmix).
7. Form dough into a 1-inch thick circle on a floured surface. Cut into 8 wedges.
8. Place on baking sheet, brush tops with cream.
9. Bake 15–20 minutes until golden.

Cool slightly before glazing.

🍊 Orange Glaze (Optional but Recommended)

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1–2 tbsp fresh orange juice
• ½ tsp orange zest

Mix until smooth and drizzle over warm scones.

💡 Tips for Perfect Scones

• Keep butter very cold for flaky texture.
• Don’t overwork the dough.
• Freeze shaped scones 10 minutes before baking for taller rise.

If you’d like, I can give you a healthier version, no white flour version, or a Starbucks-style copycat ☕