Orange Scones

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup chilled butter, cut into bits
• 1/2 cup dried currant
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 1 egg
• 1 egg, separated
• 3/4 cup cream
• sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
• 3 cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 4 mix in currants and zest.
• 5 beat 1 egg with 1 egg yolk in small bowl; whisk in cream.
• 6 add to flour-butter mixture and stir until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.
• 7 turn out on lightly-floured surface and knead gently until smooth.
• 8 roll out to thickness of 1 inch.
• 9 cut into 3 inch rounds with cookie cutter.
• 10 transfer to baking sheet, spacing 1 inch apart.
• 11 brush tops with egg and sprinkle lightly with sugar.
• 12 bake until puffy and light-brown, about 18 minutes.