BUTTERMILK CRANBERRY SCONES

BUTTERMILK CRANBERRY SCONES image

Yield 8 people

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small chunks
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 large egg
2/3 cup sweetened dried cranberries
zest from on small lemon
heavy cream (brushing on top of scones.
Raw Sugar

Steps:

1. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. Add butter chunks and toss lightly with flour; place bowl in fridge. 2. In small bowl, whisk egg, buttermilk, and lemon zest; place bowl in fridge. 3. Get organized: measure out cranberrie; set aside. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. Lighly dust a counter top with flour. Pour a little heavy cream in a bowl and have a pstry brush handy. 4. Remove bowls from fridge. Cut butter into flour with a pastry clender or rub together with your finger tips until it resembles course crumbs. Add cranberries and stir. 5. Add buttermilk mixture all at once to flour mixture and stir until the mixture clumps together. Dump mixture out onto floured counter top and, gather into a ball and knead once or twice. Pat into a circle about 1/2 inch thick. Cut into 8 wedges. Put on pan and brush with cream and sprinkle with raw sugar.