Cranberry Orange Scones

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Excellent recipe. Someone complained that it was not sweet enough. It is absolutely perfect. Scones are not supposed to be sweet , they are bread or a biscuit basically and these are perfect. Scones are eaten by the British for afternoon tea. They are supposed to be somewhat plain and are usually eaten with jam. If you want sweet eat a cupcake or a cookie. These were light , flaky yet not dry and had perfect flavor with orange zest and the cranberry make a perfect blend. The only issue I had was they got browned quickly on the bottom do I yanked them out of the oven at 15 minutes. Probably could have left them in a little longer but next time I will try a few more minutes to see if they rise a little more without being dry. Its my oven though, possibly I need to do 375.

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I love it... I put a little less salt on it, but other that than is awsome

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What a great scone. Flaky, light and not too sweet. Perfect!! Love it! I am surprised by some of the negative reviews. Ina, they are awesome!

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Ina, you've done it again! I always feel confident with one of your recipes because I know you test them extensively before publishing. I planned to take these to a breakfast so made them twice--once a week earlier than I needed to test how they baked when I formed the dough into a disc, wrapped in plastic, and refrigerated overnight to bake next morning so they would be fresh. If anything, they were even better. The flavors had blended and intensified a little, the cranberries were more tender and they baked up beautifully. I had so many compliments from so many people--especially the men begging for the recipe for their wives to make. Thank you, Ina.

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This was a great recipe to follow and to make. However, not being too experienced a baker, I want to remind everyone that tries this not to place the baking sheets on too low an oven rack. This will brown the bottoms of the scones too quickly, and you will wind up with burnt bottoms, while waiting for the top of the scones to brown sufficiently. (you may even set the parchment paper on fire- so be careful. Additionally, I used orange-flavored dried cranberry's from Trader Joes to add more orange taste to the finished product. They taste amazing and are fluffy and light. I am bringing them to breakfast tomorrow at a friend's home.

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My first time making scones and they were AMAZING! soft and flaky in the center, just perfect! Will use this recipe from now on! :

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Wo mama! Just made these scones but made half the batch, and they were delish! Next time I will use a whole cup of cranberries for my half batch. They are not very sweet, so if u prefer them sweeter I would double the sugar! Definitely a keeper!

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These are absolutely the BEST! Followed the recipe exactly and found nothing wrong with them. I've tried other scone recipes and they were always dry and crumbly, but not these. To compare them to mass produced scones is an injustice. These scones were flaky and tender, not crumbly and dry. I always find it amazing when people substitute ingredients and then complain that the final product wasn't very good or at the best, just okay.
Follow the recipe exactly, have fresh baking powder (it can go stale, make sure the butter and cream are cold. I even chilled the flour/sugar mixture before continuing.
These were terrific! Thank you, Ina. No wonder my daughter-in-law thinks you are the best.

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I've made other scones before, and this recipe was pretty on par with other ones; not really better, but not worse either. I think with a five star review I expected them to be out of this world, but they were just your everyday, good ol' scone. I did make some changes based on what I had on hand--I used buttermilk instead of heavy cream (which didn't seem to change the taste or consistency at all and I used 1.5 cups of whole wheat flour and 2.5 cups of regular white flour (which does change the taste, but I am used to whole grains so I didn't mind. Overall this is a good, basic scone recipe.

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I had to make a couple changes to this recipe b/c I was missing some ingredients/equipment... but they still came out great! For my taste, I doubled the orange zest. Then, because I was missing cream, I substituted by combining some greek yogurt with milk (weird, but it worked in a pinch and didn't compromise taste. Without a mixer, I cut in the butter by hand with two butter knives. Finally, instead of rolling out the dough and using a cookie cutter, I simply shaped the dough into ~8 in. disc and cut it into 6 slices. Again, even with all that, absolutely delish!