How to make pistachio cranberry scones-
What could be better than an easy to make scone recipe? Especially when it has white chocolate and pistachios!
I use to think that making scones was difficult. Then one day I decided to make them for myself. Of course, I didn’t make them the old-fashioned traditional way, I used a food processor and now scones have become a part of our morning routine. With my easy to make scone recipe, they can be on your breakfast table for your family to enjoy this weekend.

These easy to make scones would be a great way to start your weekend. Wouldn’t your family and friends love to wake up to one of these White Chocolate Pistachio Cranberry Scones? You might also like my Meyer Lemon Scone Recipe.
What kind of scones would you like to make? Just imagine freshly baked scones can be on your breakfast table this weekend, warm from our oven.
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White Chocolate Pistachio Cranberry Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 5 tablespoon Sugar
- Zest of one Lemon
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter cold and cut into cubes
- ½ cup Heavy Cream
- ½ cup Greek Yogurt plain or Vanilla
- ½ cup Salted Pistachio‘s
- ½ cup Dried Cranberries
- ½ cup White Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a food processor add the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and lemon zest, pulse to blend.
- Add the cubes of butter and pulse until the butter has been cut into the mixture, it should like coarse grains of sand.
- In a small bowl, mix together the yogurt, cream, and vanilla until combined.
- Add to the flour mixture and mix with a spoon until the mixture just starts to come together. Do not overmix.
- Add the cranberries, white chocolate chips and pistachio’s and gently fold together, Mix just enough to incorporate.
- Form the mixture into a ball and place on the parchment paper.
- Use your hands to form the dough into a large circle and flatten about one inch thick.
- Cut the scones into 8 pieces and separate on your baking sheet*
- Brush the finished scones with a little cream or milk to get good color as they bake
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a deep golden brown in color. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Maggie says
I am such a sucker for scones and these would definitely be right up my alley. I really like the addition of pistachios in this..mmmm!
I am heading over to Wendy’s blog now. I have been really worried as a new blogger about not doing anything illegal. I am excited to check out her advice.
nicole @ I am a Honey Bee says
wow. these scons sound amazing. never saw pistachios in a scone before.
Kita says
Im sorry to hear you and Lisa weren’t feeling well! I have never made scones. I have really have got to change that.
I have noticed a lot of pinners copying and pasting recipe recently. It really is kind of a butt head move. Like you said, its one thing to pin peoples images without permission, as long as it links back to there site and they ultimately get credit, but once you’ve taken the reason to go back to the site, that’s pretty much piracy. I wonder how this type of pinner effects other blog tends, outside of our food world. I am sure it’s no good for DIY, tutorial writers and so on. I hope Pinterest does put a stop to it.
Wendy’s article was great and I look forward to more from her!
Lori Lynn says
I hope you are all feeling in tip-top shape by now.
Looking forward to reading Wendy’s advice.
LL
Megan @ Pip and Ebby says
These scones look good enough to cure a sickness! Sorry to hear you aren’t feeling well. ‘Tis the season!
anne says
High tail it to your nearest pharmacy and pick up some Power C gummy chews for adults–so far we’ve been healthy this winter with only this addition to our schedule!! Feel better soon, Anne
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts says
I really need to make scones, not sure why I keep putting them off!
I was wondering about the recipes I see people add to pins, always thought it was wrong!
Thippi says
Oh Yum! Those scones look so delicious. & guess what? I have all the ingredients…well, not white choc chips but white choc. bark 🙂 thanks for such awesome recipes. I’ll definitely head on over to Wendy’s site as well. It’s important to know about blogging rules. Kim from Cravings of a Lunatic blog sent me here & I’ll always be grateful to her for sharing your blog site, I’m learning a lot from the both of you & can’t wait to learn more from Wendy too!
Jen says
Hope you feel better soon! At least you have a tasty little pick me up!
Joan Nova says
I’ve been using pinterest and thought it was just another way to help promote other bloggers by sharing their work with my followers. When a photo is pinned via ‘pin it’ from a blog, it links to its origin so anyone clicking on it would be taken to its source.