Buttermilk Scones

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 6 Tbsp. cold butter (3/4 of a stick), cut into small pieces
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• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 Tbsp. sweet milk

Directions:

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add butter pieces to dry ingredients. Using a pastry blender or two dinner knives, cut butter into flour until the mixture takes on the size of small peas. Make a well in the center of mixture. Pour buttermilk into the well. Using a fork, pull the mixture into the buttermilk to form a soft dough.

Turn out dough onto a floured surface. Knead gently. Cut into shapes using biscuit cutter or heart-shaped cookie cutter. Brush tops with sweet milk and bake at 425 degrees F for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Yield: 8 scones, approx. 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Recipe can be doubled.

Variations:

• Sprinkle tops with cinnamon sugar after brushing with milk
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• Add 1/2 tsp grated orange peel to dry ingredients.
• Add 6 Tbsp. currants to dry ingredients.

By Irishwitch from Aurora, CO