White Chocolate Cranberry Scones

I posted this recipe a few years ago on my blog but during these dull days of winter these scones would be the perfect pick me up with a cup of hot tea.  Enjoy!

White Chocolate Cranberry Scones

Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup white sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup cold butter or margarine
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Directions:
1.  Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
2.  Cut in butter or margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3.  Stir in buttermilk.
4.  Add chips and cranberries.
5.  Turn onto floured surface and pat into approximately one inch height thickness.  Cut scones with a circular biscuit cutter.
6.  Bake at 400F for about 15 minutes.

Orange Cranberry Muffins

I decided to try my hand at making a new kind of muffins.  I like lemon cranberry muffins so thought I would enjoy these orange cranberry muffins as well.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
zest from one orange
juice from one orange
1 cup cranberries

Directions:
1.  Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar together.
2.  In a separate mix wet ingredients: butter, egg, buttermilk, zest of orange and juice of orange.
3.  Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir till combined.  Do not over mix.
4.  Add cranberries.
5.  Fill paper lined muffin tins.
6.  Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes.

Yield: 12 large muffins