Cranberry and White Chocolate Scones
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 8 tablespoons cold butter cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup buttermilk divided
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 tablespoon of sugar with an electric mixer.
- Add the cold butter and mix just until the butter is coated with flour (butter chunks should remain fairly large).
- Add cranberries and white chocolate.
- Stir gently. Add in 2/3 cup of the buttermilk.
- Stop mixing when dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
- Quickly shape dough into a ball and pat into a circle about 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut into 8 pie-shaped wedges.
- Place wedges on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Brush tops with remaining buttermilk and sprinkle generously with the 2 tablespoons sugar.
- Bake 15–20 minutes.