Whole Wheat Cranberry Orange Scones

These easy Whole Wheat Cranberry Orange Scones are perfect for the holidays! Each scone has hints of orange zest mixed with tartness from the fresh cranberries. It’s the best recipe for homemade Cranberry Orange Scones!

If you love scones as much as I do, be sure to also try these Easy Gluten Free Lemon Poppy Seed Scones and these Apple Cinnamon Scones.

Table of Contents

• Whole Wheat Cranberry Orange Scones
• These Scones Are Perfect For Breakfast Or Dessert
• This Easy Scone Recipe Is Great For The Holidays
• How To Make Cranberry Orange Scones
• Whole Wheat Cranberry Orange Scones

Whole Wheat Cranberry Orange Scones

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Did you get any Christmas shopping done?

This weekend was a blast from the past for me. And by past, I mean the artic chill of Wisconsin weather. Thursday was 80 degrees here in Texas and then Friday came in with a high of 41 degrees. What?!? All weekend it has been freezing cold with rain on and off.  Definitely reminded me of my midwestern roots, but at least I didn’t have to shovel snow!  🙂

What do you do when its cold outside? Do you still brave the cold to run errands or become a hermit inside?

These Scones Are Perfect For Breakfast Or Dessert

Well, I stayed inside! I cooked up my Three Bean & Beef Crockpot Chili and then baked up a storm! I’m sure that my son and husband appreciated the baking because it doesn’t happen to much around here. 🙂  But what can I say the cold temperatures and Holiday season just begs for baking, right!

One of the things I baked up a couple of weeks ago were these Cranberry Orange Scones. You know that I’m all about the quick breakfast treats! I just adapted this recipe from my Lemon Blueberry Scone recipe and subbed in the Orange and Cranberries. It worked out perfectly… oh… minus the fact that when my husband and I were making them he read the recipe as 1 cup of flour instead of 2 cups. Soo… I started with a sticky mess on the counter and ended up having to add more and more flour until it was the right consistency. Ooopps. 🙂

This Easy Scone Recipe Is Great For The Holidays

Needless to say, they still turned out absolutely delicious. There is a slight hint of orange with a tinge of sweet and then you get a bright tart bite from the cranberries. I will definitely be making these for our Christmas Day brunch with family! 🙂

How To Make Cranberry Orange Scones

To get started, Preheat the oven to 400º. In a bowl, combine the 1 cup of whole wheat flour, 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon of orange zest,  2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.

Use a pastry blender, or two knives, to cut 6 Tablespoons of unsalted {chilled} butter until it resembles small peas and add the butter to flour mixture. Next, stir in the 1 cup of fresh cranberries to flour mixture.

In a small bowl, mix together 1 egg and 1 cup of vanilla flavored greek yogurt. Add the yogurt mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. {mixture will still be crumbly}

Dump the dough onto a work surface/counter and “knead” 3-4 times. {as much as you can with the crumbly consistency} Pat the dough into a circle about 1/2 an inch thick.

Next, cut dough into 10-12 wedges and transfer wedges to a baking sheet. Bake the scones 12-14 minutes.

Whole Wheat Cranberry Orange Scones

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• Author: Krista
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 14 mins
• Total Time: 24 mins
• Yield: 10-12 scones 1x
• Category: Dessert
• Method: Bake
• Cuisine: English

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Whole Wheat Cranberry Orange Scones are easy to make and perfect for the holidays! Each scone has hints of orange zest mixed with tartness from the fresh cranberries.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup All- Purpose Flour
• 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of orange zest
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 6 Tbsp. of butter {chilled}, cut into small pea size pieces
• 1 cup fresh cranberries
• 1 cup of vanilla flavored greek yogurt
• 1 egg

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, orange zest, baking powder and baking soda.
3. Use a pastry blender, or two knives, to cut butter until it resembles small peas and add the butter to flour mixture.
4. Stir in the cranberries.
5. In a small bowl, mix together the egg and yogurt.
6. Stir the yogurt mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
7. Dump the dough onto a work surface and “knead” 3-4 times. {as much as you can, it will be very crumbly}
8. Pat into a circle about 1/2 an inch thick.
9. Cut into 10-12 wedges and transfer to a baking sheet.
10. Bake for 12-14 minutes.

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Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 scone
• Calories: 165
• Sugar: 6g
• Fat: 6g
• Carbohydrates: 23g
• Protein: 5g

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