Dad died over four years ago, but I've decided to continue celebrating his life. My sister Laurie is calling it, Semana de los Muertes: A life celebration. His birthday is January 19.
In his honor I am cooking some of his favorite foods this week. Happy birthday Dad! Have a scone. Thank God for making you my dad.
Cranberry Date Scones
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and then bake for 20 to 25 minutes minutes.
Combine:
3 cups flour
½ cup sugar
1 Tbl. baking powder
½ tsp. Baking soda
½ tsp salt
Then cut in 1 and ½ sticks cold butter. Mix until gravelly.
Add:
1 cup chopped dates, 1 cup cranberries.
Mix in 1-cup cold buttermilk. Do not substitute with regular milk. Be careful not to over mix. May need a bit more buttermilk, just add until the dough pulls together.
Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Plop spoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet. Scones bake faster on the black cookie sheet.
ALTERNATIVES
Mango-coconut scones, use:
21/2 c. flour
1-cup oats
1 cup of coconut, you can double the amount of coconut if desired
1 cup mango
½ cup orange juice in place of buttermilk
Substitute pecans for dates
¾ cup cranberry
¾ cup toasted pecans
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