OLD FASHIONED CREAM SCONES
Scone Ingredients:
- 2 cups Unsifted all purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons Baking powder
- 2 tablespoons Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 4 tablespoons Butter
- 2 Eggs, beaten -- see note
- 1/3 cup Cream
- 2 teaspoons Sugar
Notes:
Add dried cranberries and minced orange zest to the dry ingredients before adding the eggs and cream.
Reserve 1 Tablespoon egg white for brushing on top.
Scone Preparation:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, 2 Tablespoons sugar and salt. Cut in butter with your fingers, a fork or two knives. Beat eggs slightly with cream, and stir into flour mixture. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead only until dough sticks together. Divide in two parts. Rolls each part out into a circle that is 1" thick and 6"in diameter. Cut each circle into 4 wedges, and put wedges on ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.
