Cranberry Orange Thyme Scones

November 17, 2012 | 2 Comments

I went to a friend’s beautiful baby blessing today, and brought along these scones to share. My other friend who was hosting, made some really delicious dishes. One of which was a fruit salad with sliced pears, star anise, and figs with a lovely spiced dressing. There were also some gorgeous quiches, a bowl of crisp sliced apples with a fresh squeeze of lemon juice, and a bowl full of pomegranate seeds that looked like little jewels the way they caught the light. The table was simple, and tastefully festive. My friend has a talent for bringing nature indoors, and with candles lit, she created a lovely, calm, warm, and inviting setting for a blessing.

I love a lot of things in life, and I know you do not have all the time in the world, so I will just name some of them. I love cuddling on the couch and reading stories to my lovely little ladies. I love giving one of my girls(the prince) a horsey ride across the living room to my other girl(the princess) who is asleep on the couch, so they can kiss her and wake her up. I love to neigh and buck a lot so I seem more like a real horse, and they love it. I love it when I get to be the prince. I love to rake leaves with Marjie. I love to draw pictures with my girls. I love watching Marjie write her e’s upside down. I love that my girls both are sounding out words. I love being the tickle monster. I love watching my girls eat, drink, sleep, laugh,dance, and hug each other. I love listening to my girls sing, role play, laugh, breathe, and be kind to each other. I love them. I love Dominic for so many reasons, the two most important being our girls. I love the rain, the sound of it, smell of it, and the way it feels. I love scones…

I love these scones. They are light, fluffy, buttery, studded with jammy cranberries, and just delicious. I baked two batches of these babies in the last two days, and all I am saying is someone needs to cut off my fresh cranberry, flour, and butter supply, because I am thinking about baking another batch tomorrow.

This recipe is adapted from The Kitchn, Fresh Cranberry Scones. These scones would be perfect for a holiday breakfast, or brunch. They are delicious sliced in half, and filled with my spiced cranberry sauce. Please bake and enjoy these scones with your family and friends.

Cranberry Orange Thyme Scones

Recipe type: Quick Bread, Breakfast

Author: Jillian

Serves: 12-18

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups fresh cranberries
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
zest of 1 medium orange
2 Tbsp fresh thyme leaves
2 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut in cubes
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup organic 2% milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
cane sugar, for topping

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Line 2 sheet trays with parchment or a Silpat
In the bowl of a food processor
Process the cranberries until lightly chopped
Dump out into a bowl toss with the brown sugar and orange zest, vanilla extract, and fresh thyme leaves
Mix until combined
In the cleaned and dried food processor bowl, pulse the flour, baking powder, and salt
Cut the chilled butter into small pieces
Add butter to food processor bowl
Pulse butter with the flour in the processor until fine and coarse meal
Dump coarse meal into large mixing bowl
Add the cranberry mixture, and mix to combine
In medium bowl beat together egg, vanilla extract, and milk
Add the beaten egg, vanilla extract, and milk to flour/cranberry mixture Stir until just combined(do not over mix)
Scoop spoonfuls of dough onto lined sheet trays
Sprinkle the tops with cane sugar
Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until golden
Serve warm with plenty of butter, homemade jam, or spiced cranberry sauce

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Tags: baby blessing, baking powder, bourbon vanilla extract, breakfast, brown sugar, brunch, cranberries, fresh thyme, holiday breakfast, large cage free egg, orange zest, organic butter, sea salt, unbleached all purpose flour

Categories: Breakfasts, Holiday Recipes, Quick Breads

2 Responses so far.

kourtney says:

January 18, 2013 at 3:59 pm

I just saw this post–you are so sweet! And I loved these scones. Now I can make them myself.

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- Jillian says:
  
  February 24, 2013 at 8:03 pm
  
  Hi Kourtney, I am so happy you liked them. I hope you make and enjoy them with your family for year to come. Thank you for reading my blog, taking the time to make a post, and most of all for your friendship.
  
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