I had some cranberries leftover and decided to bake up a batch of scones. By adding in a little lemon zest and a sweet glaze, I ended up with a sweet but flakey scone to enjoy on this snowy February afternoon.

Ingredients

Scones 

2 cup all-purpose flour

¼ cup sugar

1 Tbsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest

½ cup cool unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

½ cup heavy cream cream

¼ cup milk, plus extra for brushing

1 large egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup fresh cranberries

Glaze

1 cup icing sugar, sifted

1 ½ Tbsp lemon juice

Directions 

1. Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

2. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the lemon zest. Cut in the butter until the mixture is rough and crumbly but still small pieces of butter are visible.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk the cream, milk, egg and vanilla together. Add this to the flour mixture and stir to just bring the dough together, turning out onto a work surface to complete bringing it together with your hands. Flatten the dough out and press the cranberries into the dough, folding it over and flattening it out a few times to incorporate the cranberries.

4. Shape the dough into a disc about 10-inches across. Cut the disc into 8 wedges and place them on the prepared baking tray, leaving a few inches between them. Brush the scones with a little milk and bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the scones are lightly browned on top.

5. For the glaze, mix together the powdered sugar and lemon juice. Allow the glaze set while the scones cool completely. Drizzle the glaze over each scone.