Scones

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown
Show: Good Eats Episode: The Dough Also Rises

Photo: Scones

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TOTAL TIME:30 min
Prep:15 min
Inactive Prep:--
Cook:15 min
 
YIELD:1 dozen
LEVEL:Easy

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons shortening
  • 3/4 cup cream
  • 1 egg
  • Handful dried currants or dried cranberries

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Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix well. Cut in butter and shortening. In a separate bowl, combine cream with beaten egg then add to dry ingredients. Stir in fruit. Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Roll dough out and cut into biscuit size rounds. Bake for 15 minutes or until brown.

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  • on April 10, 2012

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    I just made these and so far the reviews are good! The dough is a little hard to form into the scone shape. I didn't have shortening or cranberries, however. I substituted the shortening with coconut oil and cranberries with chocolate chips. Good recipe!

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