Christmas Scones
Christmas Scones: These tender easy to make scones feature warm spices, dried fruit and nuts. Making them ideal for wintertime, especially Christmas morning. Add a cranberry drizzle and you have perfection.
What is the Secret to a Good Scone?
What Makes this Scone so Perfect for Christmas?
How to Make the Perfect Scone
GRATE THE BUTTER: Doing this allows you to incorporated it into the dough quicker, without it melting in your hands. The large side of a box grater is perfect. A food processor works great for this too.
COLD BUTTER: The colder your butter, the more flaky and light the scones will turn out. Once grated, place it in the freezer for 15-20 minutes.
DON’T OVER WORK THE DOUGH: Light and tender scones comes from not overworking the dough and not melting the butter in. The traditional method (and the one I grew up watching my mom do) is to use a knife to cut the butter into the dough. The warmth from your hands will melt the butter before they make it to the oven. So, no kneading, just make sure the ingredients are combined.
DON’T OVER BAKE: Bake them until just starting to turn golden.
How to Make Christmas Scones in Advance
REFRIGERATOR: Make the dough ahead and store overnight in the refrigerator or for up to 1 month in the freezer. If frozen, thaw in the refrigerator overnight and bake right before you want them. If you bake them ahead of time, leave off the drizzle. Reheat in the oven until slightly warm and then add the drizzle.
FREEZER: Again, they are best fresh but you can make them and freeze them without the drizzle. Store in a freezer safe container up to 3 months. Reheat in the oven WITHOUT THE DRIZZLE. Add the drizzle when ready to serve.
HOW TO MAKE MINI CHRISTMAS SCONES
FOR MINI SCONES: Make two disks, cut into 8 wedges and bake 17 minutes. Makes 16 Mini Scones.
WHAT IS TURBINADO SUGAR AND WHY SHOULD I USE IT?
TURBINADO SUGAR is a partially refined sugar that retains some of the original molasses, giving it a subtle caramel flavor.
WHY USE THE SUGAR: Because the granules are a lot larger then refined sugar, a sprinkling of turbinado sugar will add a nice crunch to the top of the scones.
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Christmas Scones
Wake up your guests with the aroma of these delicious Christmas Scones.
Ingredients
For the Scones:
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup dried apricots, chopped
- ¼ cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
- ½ cup unsalted butter, chilled, cut up
- 2 large eggs, divided
- ¾ cup whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar (raw sugar)
For the Cranberry Drizzle:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3½ tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon cranberry flavor (link below)
For Optional Vanilla Drizzle:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3½ tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon , nutmeg, allspice and cloves.
- Stir in dried fruit and nuts.
- Cut in butter until butter is the size of a blueberry.
- In a small bowl whisk together 1 of the eggs and cream until blended.
- Pour into flour mixture.
- With hands press together to form dough into a ball.
- Place on the prepared baking sheet; pat into a 8-inch round 1-in. thick disk.
- Cut into 8 wedges.
- Separate slightly.
- Whisk together remaining 1 egg and water.
- Lightly brush over top of scones.
- Sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
- Bake 20-25 minutes.
- MAKES 8 SCONES
For the Cranberry Drizzle:
- In a medium bowl whisk together the sugar, cream and cranberry flavoring.
- NOTE: LOOK BELOW FOR VANILLA OPTION
- Pour into a squeeze bottle or use a fork or spoon. Over the tops of completely cooled scones, in a back and forth motion, add the drizzle.
For the Optional Vanilla Drizzle:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, cream, and vanilla paste or vanilla extract.
- Pour into a squeeze bottle or use a fork or spoon. Over the tops of completely cooled scones, in a back and forth motion, add the drizzle.
For Mini Scones:
FOR MINI SCONES: Make two disks, cut into 8 wedges and bake 17 minutes. Makes 16 Mini Scones
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Oh very nice, lovely breakfast idea
Sheryl,
These look delicious. My Wednesday’s Adorned From Above Link party is opened. I would love to have you share this.
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/11/washi-tape-idea-book-and-wednesdays.html
Debi @ Adorned From Above
The Scones recipe isn’t difficult, and look and sound good. Will be checking out your web site for ideas and recipes for good stuff. Always looking for good, not heavy on fats and sugars along with energy. Glad I saw the scones with link to your web site on Facebook.
Awesome Mary! I love these scones.