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Homemade Cranberry Scones

Rebecca — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:21:50 +0000

My daughter made some scones the other day– Cranberry Scones. Oooooooooooo oo oo oo. They are amazing. She makes three batches all at once, and the family eats them up almost immediately.

Cranberry Scones
2 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup butter (no substitutes)
1 cup chopped cranberries
3/4 cup buttermilk (or Half n’ Half with lemon juice)

Combine the dry ingredients. Cut in the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the cranberries. Stir in the buttermilk just until moistened.

Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead 6 to 8 times. Divide the dough in half. Pat each half into an 8-inch circle. Cut into 8 wedges.

Place the wedges 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 400 F for 15-18 minutes.

Devour while still warm. SO GOOD.

The glorious finished product.

Believe me, these are simply amazing scones. They are not sweet like muffins. The scones are perfect with tea or coffee, and are perfect as a light breakfast or brunch. Kudos to my daughter for making these! Er, maybe instead of kudos she’d prefer a gold bullion.

Try them, you will like!

Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies

Rebecca — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:11:09 +0000

My daughter made these. Oh my word, get ready for the cookie of your dreams!! We found a basic cranberry-white chocolate cookie recipe and then, as is our custom, tweaked it to perfection. We dried our own cranberries for this (in a dehydrator, it’s SO less expensive than buying the packages stuff, which also tends to have additional sugars and preservatives). If you’re interested in how a dehydrator works, I wrote a review of the Nesco product that I bought.

Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies
makes 24 cookies

1/2 cup butter (no margarine!)
1/2 cup brown sugar (we make our own, see our brown sugar recipe here)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of each: cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger
1 Tablespoon brandy (we used whiskey; you can also use pure vanilla)
3/4 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup dried cranberries

In one bowl, mash the butter. Add the sugars to make a grainy cream. Add the egg and mix well.

In a second bowl, add the flour, baking soda, and spices. Combine the bowls and add the brandy/whisky/vanilla.

Add the chips and berries and mix lightly.

Scoop cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Don’t allow the cookies to overbake.

You may want to stock up on the diet supplements before making these– they are SO good that you may easily eat half a dozen without even realizing it!!! They are not heavy in the stomach. Best served with hot, regular tea. YUMMMMMM!

Cranberry Apple Crisp

Rebecca — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:45:35 +0000

Mmm I love crisps, especially crisps with cranberries in them. A dollop of vanilla ice cream on top of warm crisp is SO luscious!! It’s a terrific comfort food, especially after a long, cold winter’s day at the office, or for the weary housewife who has been haggling over term life insurance comparisons all day. And crisps are easy and cheap! Here’s my absolutel favorite crisp, just in time for autumn’s apple and cranberry season!

Cranberry Apple Crisp
serve 6

2 cups fresh cranberries
4 cups apples, peeled and diced
1 cup granulated white sugar
1 packed cup Homemade brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup quick-cook oats
1/2 cup flour
2 tablespoons wheat germ or ground flax seed
1 teaspoon cinnamon
6 Tablespoons butter or margarine (but butter is better), at room temperature

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 2-quart baking dish. Set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the cranberries, apples, granulated white sugar, and salt. Dump into your baking dish.

In the bowl that you just emptied, combine the brown sugar, oats, flour, wheat germ or flax seed, and cinnamon, and mix well. Cut in the butter until it looks like gravel. Dump this on top of your cranberries/apples mix in the dish.

Bake for 50 minutes to an hour, until the fruit is tender and the kids start salivating heavily. Serve while warm, with fresh cream, or ice cream. OH MY WORD, this is SO GOOD!!! It’s great after a turkey dinner.