Cranberry-orange is my all-time favorite holiday flavor combination. For years, cranberry orange scones have been one of my family’s Christmas-morning traditions. These tender, flavorful dessert-biscuits, are made with a slight outside buttery-crispness, and bright fruit flavors. Here I share with you my favorite classic scone recipe, and the ingredient switch-outs to make them gluten free and/or vegan.
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easy set icing or glaze
Set icing or glaze tastes like a dream on top of scones, muffins, cakes, cookies, and pancakes. (I can go on and on.) This is a favorite way to slightly sweeten, and make a treat more delicious and lovely. This simple staple will set and firm to a soft-stiffness, so there is no smudging or mess when stacking.
cranberry orange pancakes
This morning, everyone besides the dogs and I slept-in, and cranberry-orange pancakes was the special breakfast I wanted to make for my sweethearts that were still all-snug in their beds. Orange Pancakes are topped with cranberry sauce, and a generous drizzling of orange-zest icing.
florals and cake, December 2020
Cameron and Josh had a beautiful and pandemic-appropriate December wedding in 2020, that made for a special memory for me as well. It would be my final order for the year of delivering desserts as Mili’s Sweets, and it would be the very first wedding arrangements I would ever be hired to create via my small business as Glorified Hobby.
gingerbread joy
At home, once December hits and our Christmas tree is up, classic gingerbread cookies with royal icing will soon be made to enjoy and to share. Over the years, we have mastered this easy, stress-free recipe for rolling out and icing delicious bites that can be made gluten free, and are naturally made without eggs or nuts.