Monday, July 20, 2020

Orange Scones

Friends this is a recipe that is my favorite to share! These orange scones are so so good!

Scone:
1/3 C Sugar
Zest of 2 medium Oranges
2 C Flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
8 Tbsp (1 cube) butter frozen
1/2 C Sour Cream
1 lg Egg

Glaze: 3 TBSP melted butter, 1 C powdered sugar sifted, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 2 TBSP freshly squeezed orange juice

Combine orange zest and sugar, mix with fingers tips until the sugar is moist and fragrant. Add in flour, powder, soda and salt. Mix until combined. Grate butter into flour mixture using large hole of grater. Use fingers to mix in butter til it resembles a cornmeal. Whisk egg and sour cream together until smooth. Mix in sour cream 1/4 of the mixture til large clumps of dough form. Use hands to press clumps of dough against the sides to form ball continue to add in the rest of sour cream, it will be sticky but will come together. Spread out on lightly floured surface. Flatten out to be about 3/4 of inch. Cut into triangles.  Bake on 400 degrees for 8- 10 minutes. If put on lower rack they will brown.
You only want the bottoms to be barely browned!