Christmas Scones With Cranberries And Mincemeat
Our Christmas scones add a deliciously festive twist to our afternoon tea scones recipe to create tasty, fluffy scones flavoured with mincemeat and dried cranberries.
We've taken our foolproof scone recipe and added a burst of festive Christmassy flavor in our super simple Christmas scones recipe.
We've flavoured the scone dough with brandy mincemeat and dried cranberries in this delicious easy bake.
Perfect for a festive afternoon tea or served with morning coffee. You could even spread them with an orange marmalade and add a dollop of clotted cream for a truly festive English afternoon tea.
Christmas Scones Recipe
Serves – 8
Prep Time – 15 minutes
Cook Time – approx 15 minutes
Total Time – around 30 minutes
Equipment Needed
- Weighing scales
- Large mixing bowl
- Measuring jug
- Cup
- Fork
- Knife
- Baking tray
- Pastry brush
- Cooling rack
- Sieve
- Tablespoon
Christmas Scones Ingredients
You'll just need a handful of regular baking ingredients, some dried cranberries and your favourite mincemeat to make our yummy festive bake!
Ingredients For Christmas Scones
- 350g self raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 100g butter - unsalted and at room temperature
- 50g caster sugar
- 50g dried cranberries
- 200g mincemeat
- 165ml full fat milk
- 1 egg – beaten
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar
Cooks Note! We use shop bought mincemeat in our crumble, but you could have a go at making your own mincemeat if you like!
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How To Make Christmas Scones
When it comes to baking scones, I do it the way my grandma did, so I shape them with a knife, I find this the easiest way as it’s how I’ve done it since forever! But feel free to use a pastry cutter if you prefer.
Step One – Preheat the oven – ready for baking our festive scone recipe
- Preheat the oven to 220C / 425F / Gas Mark 7 / 200C (fan oven)
- Grease a baking sheet with a little butter to stop the scones from sticking whilst they are baking.
Step Two – Make the cranberry and mincemeat scone mix
- Tip the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl
- Add in the butter and rub it into the flour using your finger tips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs
- Tip in the sugar, mincemeat and dried cranberries and stir them through the butter and flour mixture.
- Then make a well in the middle and pour in the milk.
- Stir the scone mix together using a knife to bind all the ingredients to a thick dough.
- Then put your hands into the mix and finish the scone mix off by hand, just pressing it lightly together (don’t over-handle), just knead it really gently to make one piece of dough.
Step Three – Shape the dough into scones
- Then cut the dough into 8 equal pieces using as sharp knife.
- Dust the surface with flour and pat each scone into a scone shape on the floured surface using your hand a knife, then place them onto the baking tray ready to bake.
- Brush the tops of the scones with the beaten egg.
Step Three – Bake the Christmas scones
- Put the scones into the hot oven and bake for around 12-15 minutes until they’re risen and golden on top.
- Then remove from the oven and place onto a wire rack to cool down.
- Once cool dust the tops of the scones with icing sugar, just shake it through the sieve lightly.
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How To Serve Our Christmas Scone Recipe
Our simple scone recipe is perfect served warm with just a little smattering of real butter on top, alongside a cup of tea, naturally.
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Christmas Scones
A delicious festive bake, that's perfect for a Christmassy afternoon tea.
Ingredients
- 350g self raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 100g butter (unsalted)
- 50g caster sugar
- 50g dried cranberries
- 200g mincemeat
- 165ml full fat milk
- 1 egg - beaten
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar - to dust the baked scones
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220C / 425F / Gas Mark 7 / 200C (fan oven)
- Grease a baking sheet with a little butter to stop the scones from sticking whilst they are baking.
- Tip the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl
- Add in the butter and rub it into the flour using your finger tips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs
- Tip in the sugar, mincemeat and dried cranberries and stir them through the butter and flour mixture.
- Then make a well in the middle and pour in the milk.
- Stir the scone mix together using a knife to bind all the ingredients to a thick dough.
- Then put your hands into the mix and finish the scone mix off by hand, just pressing it lightly together (don’t over-handle), just knead it really gently to make one piece of dough.
- Then cut the dough into 8 equal pieces.
- Dust the surface with flour and pat each scone into a scone shape using your hand a knife, then place them onto the baking tray ready to bake.
- Brush the tops of the scones with the beaten egg.
- Put the scones into the hot oven and bake for around 12-15 minutes until they’re risen and golden on top.
- Then remove from the oven and place onto a cooling rack to cool down.
- Using a sieve, just lightly dust the tops of the scones with icing sugar before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 361Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 755mgCarbohydrates: 53gFiber: 2gSugar: 13gProtein: 7g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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