A simple recipe for giant white chocolate cranberry scones! Not too dry and super flavorful, these are always a crowd-pleaser! Perfect for Christmas morning!
White Chocolate Cranberry Scone Recipe
If you’ve ever bitten into a dry, brittle, flavorless scone and thought… whhhhhhy? I feel ya, my friend! But I plead with you to give scones another chance! You deserve to experience they joys of a properly baked one.
I recently was working at coffee shop that sold scones/breads/pastries/etc. Although I bake all of those things, sometimes it’s nice to get a treat made from another’s hands, and so, I ordered a simple but lovely cranberry scone. Or so I thought!
After one bite I knew the dry, flavorless scone was destined for the garbage. Dry anything is such a crime!
The upside? I left 100% inspired to book it home and bake! A batch of proper scones just needed to happen.
I knew as a base I wanted to lace these scones with vibrant fresh cranberries and dreamy white chocolate chips. It was a good start! However I also knew texture needed to be my main, main, maaaaaain focus! I think that’s where so many scones break bad.
So, what did I do to ensure these lovelies stayed fine and fluffy on the inside, but still had their trademark golden brown exterior we all love…? I added cream cheese! It’s my go-to ingredient in the kitchen these days, and for these scones it’s a must!
Oh, and these bake up suuuper pretty! Meaning they’ll look great on your holiday table… or on your kitchen counter as a grab-and-go snack for all the crazy/busy/no-sleep-till-xmas activities that are popping up these days!
More Cranberry Recipes:
- Bakery-Style Cranberry Orange Scones
- Cranberry Orange Pancakes
- Bakery-Style Cranberry Orange Muffins
- Cranberry Ricotta Scones
White Chocolate Cranberry Scones – Baker by Nature
Ingredients:
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons cream cheese, cut into small pieces
10 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 large egg
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup fresh cranberries, pulverized in a blender or food processor for 15 seconds
Instructions:
Preheat oven 400 degrees (F). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add the cream cheese and butter into the flour and – using your hands – mix together until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
In a small bowl whisk together the egg, cream, and vanilla extract. Pour this mixture into the flour/butter mixture, and gently mix together with a rubber spatula.
Gently fold in the white chocolate chips and cranberries, stirring until even distributed.
Carefully pour the mixture out onto a clean, floured surface, or on a large piece of cling wrap (that’s my little trick), and gently pat the dough into a rough 8 x 8 inch square. Wrap this square in cling wrap and place in the freezer for 20 minutes.
Unwrap the dough, and using a rough knife cut the dough into 8 triangles. Place triangles on the prepared sheet, and bake for 22-24 minutes, or until golden and firm.
Transfer scones to a cooling wrack to cool completely.
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Beautiful scones, girl! I adore cranberry and white chocolate together…in so many different baked goodies. YUM. Thanks for sharing!
Like cranberry bliss bars but BETTER because they’re breadier, fluffier SCONES. Drooling.
So pretty! White chocolate and cranberries go great together : )
These are gorgeous and they look like they’re packed with flavor! Yup, there’s nothing worse than a dry flavorless scone, but these bad boys knock every other scone out of the water!
These scones look out of this world good! I can’t seem to get enough of white chocolate and cranberries these days. 🙂
a bad scone is truly a sad thing, because they truly have the potential to be so so so good! I love how you stuffed these with tart and sweet.
I literally just made white chocolate cranberry scones! Yours look amazing–so thick and puffy!
mmm, i love cranberries & chocolate together! i’ve been in the mood for scones too lately. perfect!
These scones look so perfectly festive and delicious! The cream cheese is a really great idea!