Frosted Orange Scones
Breakfast or dessert? Or both? We wouldn’t blame you for indulging in these sweet treats to start and end your day! Put your baking skills to the zest and fill your home with the sweet aroma of fresh baked goods when you whip up a batch of our decadent orange scones.
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
¼ cup organic granulated sugar
Zest of one large organic orange
2 cups organic all purpose flour
1 tbs baking powder
½ tsp kosher salt
6 tbs cold organic unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
3 oz organic half and half
1 large organic egg
2 tsp organic vanilla extract
⅔ cup organic powdered sugar
3-4 tsp Uncle Matt’s Organic Pulp Free Orange Juice
Orange zest, optional garnish
Method:
Set oven to 400°F. Line a large baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper and set aside.
Add the sugar and orange zest to a large bowl. Using your fingers, rub the orange zest into the sugar until slightly colored and fragrant.
To the same bowl add the flour, baking powder, salt, and whisk well to combine.
Add the cubed butter to the flour mixture. Use your fingers to rub the butter into the mixture until pea-sized clumps form. Alternatively, a pastry cutter could also be used.
In a small bowl, whisk the egg and vanilla into the half and half until smooth.
Make a small well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the half and half.
Using a fork, mix everything together until a shaggy dough forms. Turn the dough out onto a light floured surface and knead into a disc that is roughly 7-inches wide and about 1-inch thick..
Cut into 6 equal sized pieces and place onto the prepared baking sheet. Brush the tops of each scone with a bit of half and half and place into the oven.
Bake the scones for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned and cooked through. Remove from the oven, and transfer to a cooling rack.
For the glaze, mix the powdered sugar and orange juice together until a thick, but pourable glaze forms.
Once the scones have cooled, top each one with some glaze and a little orange zest and enjoy.
