Currant Cream Scones

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine or 1/3 cup shortening
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup currants or 1/2 cup raisins
• 4 -6 tablespoons half-and-half cream
• 1 egg, beaten

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400ºf.
• 2 cut butter into flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• 3 stir in 1 egg, the currants and just enough half and half so dough leaves sides of bowl.
• 4 turn dough onto lightly floured surface.
• 5 knead lightly 10 times.
• 6 roll 1/2 inch thick.
• 7 cut dough into 2 1/4-inch circles with floured cutter.
• 8 place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 9 brush with 1 egg.
• 10 bake until golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
• 11 immediately remove from cookie sheet.
• 12 yields 10 to 12 scones.