Recipes: Orange cranberry scones.

I love scones. I know people in my kawaii community are obsessed with macrons, but scones are my kryptonite (well, that and tea, books, and candles) Scones aren't supper dense but they're not so light that you'll forget that you ate them. A good scone is not dry at all. I've had some pretty crummy ones in the past (no pun intended) I've eaten a scone that ... well, my family likes to call it the  stone scone incident of '03. Putting that aside, here's recipe that won't end in disaster. Orange cranberry scones <3

Ingredients:

• 2 cups  all purpose flour
• 1/3 cup of sugar
• 1tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup of dried cranberries
• 1 1/2 tsp. of orange zest
• 1/2 cup of sour cream
• 1 egg
• 1 stick of frozen butter (8 tbs.)

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
Directions

1. First preheat the oven to 400 degrees
2. mix the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt) in a mixing bowl
3. coarsely chop butter and mix into dry mix. It should look like coarse meal (you can use your hands or a food processor)
4. using another bowl, whisk sour cream and eggs until its smooth
5. fork out egg mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until large dough balls form. (do not add liquid, just keep pressing the dough together)
6. place on a floured surface, and shape it into a circle with 3/4 in. thickness
7. cut the circle into 8 triangles ( take those 8 triangles and shape them into hearts)
8. place on parchment lined cookie sheet (about 1 in. apart) and bake for 17 min.
9. let cool for 5 min. (aluminum foil keeps in the moister, so if you're going to save them for later be sure to wrap them in it.)