Orange-Currant Scones Recipe (2024)

Wow! Have made these several times. Wonderful flavor and texture, easy and reliable. Made a few small changes: added a pinch of salt, used half of a beaten egg and a small bit of water for the egg wash, cut the scones smaller, baked for 25 minutes. Am looking for a reason to make them again.

I noticed that no salt was used in the recipe. At least a tsp. would be better!

Ok, the verdict is in. Theses were very good. Tender, rich and tasty. I have a thing for cherry almond scones so that's how I embellished mine. Dried cherries and a half teaspoon of almond extract in the dough and then sliced almonds and brown sugar on top. I normally use "sanding sugar" on top and will probably go back to that because I prefer the way it looks (sparkly).

Things I do differently: first soak fruit in hot water; cut up butter and put in freezer while assembling ingredients; use food processor; use only one egg for egg wash; cut into 16 pieces; use turbinado sugar for crunch and glitter.Am thinking about trying recipe this with frozen blueberries.

The numero uno scone recipe in my collection. I've been making this for years out of Judy Rogers' Zuni Cafe cookbook. Wonderful Sunday morning treat. I add more zest and more currants

to make moister dough, i'd recommend adding whole milk or cream by tablespoons rather than orange juice. the oj is essentially flavored water in a bread recipe and adds no real moisture, just makes the dough wet.

This dough seemed awfully dry to me and not like my usual scone recipe. They're currently in the oven so the verdict is still out. And 2 eggs for the egg wash is overkill.

3/4 stick of butter, 1/2 tsp of salt. Worked fine with 1/2 and 1/2 instead of heavy cream.

I sometimes use full-fat coconut milk and like the results, instead of the cream. I also make them in the food processor taking care not to over process.

This is very similar to buttermilk scones in the Fanny Farmer cookbook, except buttermilk instead of cream is used and leave out the egg. My favorite! I usually zap the currents with a bit of Grand Marnier or orange juice in the microwave to plump them a bit. And two eggs for the egg wash? Way too much, as many have said.

I added bits of dark orange chocolate to the dough when I incorporated the dried fruit and it was a perfect addition!

I am spending the pandemic in Spain and I used flour integral, a sort of multigrain flour. I added almonds. I used the same recipe, and rather than adding dried fruit, I added salt, smoky paprika and cheddar and Swiss cheese. They were great! Milk works too if you don’t have cream.

I've made these various times and have not been disappointed. I do mix the dry ingredients in the food processor and if using craisins, I add half of them at this point. I pulse the dry ingredients then turn on the machine on high as I add the wet ingredients until the mix gathers together somewhat. I proceed with the recipe as it calls for kneading the dry fruit and into a rectangle. I just use one egg for the wash and have some leftover. My best scones. Thank you, Julia.

Reduce sug

Add 1/4 tsp fine sea salt.

Alas, not as successful as some of you with these. Nice flavor but I didn’t get a good rise with the bake. Other than that, they’re tasty. They’re Christmasy in taste with the orange. If I can get a better rise next time, they’ll be my winter holiday scone go-to

Good overall. A pinch of salt would have helped! I also used coconut milk instead to reduce the lactose and frozen blueberries (3/4cups) which worked well and added some rosemary for a twist. Definitely only one egg for the wash. Will make again with some tweaks.

Needs salt!

Made these this morning to munch on, with a cuppa Earl Grey tea, while watching the Coronation of King Charles III. Currently out of currents, so used snipped up dried apricots. Delicious! Cheers!

Made exactly as directed and my butter leaked out in the oven and burned. Now my scones are smoked. Usually when I make scones I use a higher temperature, but the recipe says 350, so that’s what I used. What the heck. And yes my butter was very cold.

Soaking or zapping fruit in microwave (faster!) is good, but be sure to let zapped fruit cool to at least room temperature or your butter is in danger in the dough. Tangerine juice can be more intense and brighter than o.j. and dried sweetened cranberries can work really well in this recipe.

Take a look at this recipe and ask yourself…what's missing? If you answered "salt," give yourself a gold star. I'm definitely going to make them again, but I'm definitely going to add a 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt when I do.

Really delicious scones from this recipe. The mix was very dry but hung in and didn't add any more cream. Managed to get it to hold together before baking. Produced a very flaky scone. Agreed that it needs salt or and/or double the zest. The orange flavor could use a punch. Perhaps dried orange rinds could be added? Or cointreau soaked raisins?

Definitely add more zest!These are real scones-not cakey and over sweet. No icing just Demerara sugar.

I did 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour & 3/4 cups whole wheat flour (too wet with only 2 cups flour), 1/4 cup sugar, & 1/2 tsp salt, used lemon zest, and a lemon sugar glaze

I agree with other readers who recommend adding salt. I used salted butter, and added about 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and next time I'll add an entire teaspoon. I also agree that it's a forgiving recipe-- I believe I kneaded the dough quite a bit more than recommended, and the scones were quite light and tender, as advertised. I did sprinkle on additional cream, to gather quite a few errant crumbs so I could work the dough.

Like so many others I say add a teaspoon of salt to the dry ingredients.

I would say 1egg would be enough for the egg wash- if making 8 larger scones, increase cooking time to 30 minutes. (monitor closely for the last few minutes) Delicious!

Very tasty as a basic scone recipe, but desperately needs salt! I subbed plain oatmilk for the cream, candied pineapple for the currants, and added mango extract. They turned out wonderful, very light and moist.